Population exposure to hazardous air quality due to the 2015 fires in Equatorial Asia

• Main Authors: Crippa, P., Castruccio, S., Archer-Nicholls, S., Lebron, Gissela B., Kuwata, M., Thota, A., Sumin, S., Butt, E., Wiedinmyer, C., Spracklen, D. V.
• Format: text
• Published: Animo Repository 2016
• Subjects: Wildfires—Asia; Air quality; Environmental Indicators and Impact Assessment
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/5787
• Institution: De La Salle University

Vegetation and peatland fires cause poor air quality and thousands of premature deaths across densely populated regions in Equatorial Asia. Strong El-Niño and positive Indian Ocean Dipole conditions are associated with an increase in the frequency and intensity of wildfires in Indonesia and Borneo,...