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Field et al. 2016
, G. van der Werf, T. Fanin, E. Fetzer, R. Fuller, H. Jethva, R. Levy, N. Livesey, M. Luo, O. Torres, and H.M. Worden, 2016: Indonesian fire activity and smoke pollution in 2015 show persistent nonlinear sensitivity to El Niño-induced drought. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., 113, no. 33, 9204-9209, doi:10.1073/pnas.1524888113.
The 2015 fire season in Indonesia was the most severe observed by the NASA Earth Observing System satellites that go back to the early 2000s. Our estimates show that the 2015 CO2-equivalent biomass burning emissions for all of Indonesia were in between the 2013 annual fossil fuel CO2 emissions of Japan and India. Longer-term records of airport visibility in Sumatra and Kalimantan show that 2015 ranked among the worst episodes on record. Analysis of yearly dry season rainfall shows that, due to the continued use of fire to clear and prepare land on degraded peat, the Indonesian fire environment continues to have non-linear sensitivity to dry conditions, and this sensitivity appears to have increased over Kalimantan.
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@article{fi08200c,
author={Field, R. D. and van der Werf, G. and Fanin, T. and Fetzer, E. and Fuller, R. and Jethva, H. and Levy, R. and Livesey, N. and Luo, M. and Torres, O. and Worden, H. M.},
title={Indonesian fire activity and smoke pollution in 2015 show persistent nonlinear sensitivity to El Niño-induced drought},
year={2016},
journal={Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences},
volume={113},
number={33},
pages={9204--9209},
doi={10.1073/pnas.1524888113},
}
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TY - JOUR ID - fi08200c AU - Field, R. D. AU - van der Werf, G. AU - Fanin, T. AU - Fetzer, E. AU - Fuller, R. AU - Jethva, H. AU - Levy, R. AU - Livesey, N. AU - Luo, M. AU - Torres, O. AU - Worden, H. M. PY - 2016 TI - Indonesian fire activity and smoke pollution in 2015 show persistent nonlinear sensitivity to El Niño-induced drought JA - Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. JO - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences VL - 113 IS - 33 SP - 9204 EP - 9209 DO - 10.1073/pnas.1524888113 ER -
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