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Global Burnt Area (GBA 2000)
Entry ID: SAI_JRC_Cont_Afr_GBA2000

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Summary
Abstract: According to a recent study from Hao and Liu [1994], the African
continent, where about two-thirds of the biomass burning is due to
savanna fires, contributes to 46 % of the total amount of biomass burnt
in the tropics. Although many local to regional studies were carried out
during the last few years to characterize vegetation fire activity ... View entire text
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Description: Metadata in Biological Data Profile format.
Geographic Coverage
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Spatial coordinates   
  N: 38.0   S: -38.0   E: 54.0   W: -19.0

Data Set Citation
Dataset Originator/Creator: Gregoire, Jean-Marie, and Tansey, Kevin
Dataset Title: GBA 2000 Statistics
Dataset Release Date: 2001
Dataset Release Place: Joint Research Centre of the European Commission, Ispra, ITALY
Dataset Publisher: European Commission
Data Presentation Form: Map,Diagram, Tables
Online Resource: http://www.grid.unep.ch/activities/earlywarning/preview/ims/gba/ind...
Temporal Coverage
Start Date: 2000-01-01
Stop Date: 2000-12-31
Location Keywords
Data Resolution
Latitude Resolution: point
Longitude Resolution: point
Temporal Resolution: weekly
Science Keywords
ISO Topic Category
Platform
BALLOONS Ancillary Description
Instrument
OZONESONDES Ancillary Description
RADIOSONDES Ancillary Description
Project
Quality "The data on this website is preliminary: subject to revision and
reprocessing. Check dates of creation to download the most current
version. Contact the co-investigators for questions concerning data
techniques and quality."
Access Constraints None
Use Constraints None
Ancillary Keywords
Data Set Progress
IN WORK
Data Center
Atmospheric Chemistry and Dynamics Branch, Laboratory for Atmospheres, Earth Sciences Division, Science and Exploration Directorate, Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA Supplemental Info
Data Center URL: http://atmospheres.gsfc.nasa.gov/acd/

Data Center Personnel
Name: JACQUELYN C. WITTE
Phone: 301-614-5991
Email: jacquelyn.c.witte at nasa.gov
Contact Address:
NASA
Goddard Space Flight Center
Mailstop 613.3
City: Greenbelt
Province or State: MD
Postal Code: 20771
Country: USA
Distribution
Distribution Media: online, WWW
Distribution Format: ASCII
Fees: None
Personnel
BRUNO HOEGGER
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Fax: 757-824-1036
Email: hoe at sap.sma.ch
Contact Address:
Aerological Station
City: Payerne
Postal Code: CH-1530
Country: Switzerland
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Publications/References
Thompson, A. M., J. C. Witte, R. D. McPeters, S. J. Oltmans,
F. J. Schmidlin, J. A. Logan, M. Fujiwara, V. W. J. H. Kirchhoff,
F. Posny, G. J. R. Coetzee, B. Hoegger, S. Kawakami, T. Ogawa,
B. J. Johnson, H. Vomel and G. Labow. 2001. The 1998-2000 SHADOZ
(Southern Hemisphere Additional Ozonesondes) Tropical Ozone
Climatology: Comparisons with TOMS and Ground-based Measurements,
J. Geophysical Research - Atmospheres, submitted, 2001.
Creation and Review Dates
DIF Creation Date: 1999-12-14
Last DIF Revision Date: 2009-06-09

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