Temperature and burning history affect emissions of greenhouse gases and aerosol particles from tropical peatland fire

• Main Authors: Kuwata, Mikinori, Kai, Fuu Ming, Yang, Liudongqing, Itoh, Masayuki, Gunawan, Haris, Harvey, Charles F.
• Other Authors: School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: wildfire; peatland
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/80327; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/42140
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Tropical peatland burning in Asia has been intensifying over the last decades, emitting huge amounts of gas species and aerosol particles. Both laboratory and field studies have been conducted to investigate emission from peat burning, yet a significant variability in data still exists. We conducted...