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Atmospheric and Meteorological Data Over the Kuwait Oil Fires Taken From Aircraft
Entry ID:
KUDA_AIRCRAFT
Summary
Abstract:
Airborne studies of the smoke and pollution from the Kuwait oil fires
were carried out in 1991 at the end of the Persian Gulf War. Over 600 oil wells, storage tanks, and refineries were ignited by the Iraqi army as they fled Kuwait in February 1991. The fires produced large smoke plumes which had a significant environmental effect on the Persian Gulf region. Five ...  Geographic Coverage
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Temporal Coverage
Start Date:
1991-05-01
Stop Date:
1991-08-01
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Data Center
Personnel
Role:
TECHNICAL CONTACT
Phone:
303-497-1090
Email:
haggerty at ucar.edu
Contact Address:
National Center for Atmospheric Research
ATD/RAF
P.O. Box 3000
City:
Boulder
Province or State:
CO
Postal Code:
80307
Country:
USA
Publications/References
Hobbs, Peter V. and L.F. Radke, 1992. 'Airbore Studies of the Smoke
from the Kuwait Oil Fires', Science, Vol. 256, pp. 987-991. J.Geophys. Res., Vol. 97, No. D13, September 20, 1992: Special section on Kuwait oil fire results. pp. 14,481-14,580. Johnson, D.W., C.G.Kilsby, D.S. McKenna, R.W.Saunders, S.J.Jenkins, F.B.Smith, and J.S.Foot, 1991. 'Airborne Observations of the Physical and Chemical Characteristics of the Kuwait Oil Smoke Plume', Nature, Vol. 353, pp. 617-621. Creation and Review Dates
Last DIF Revision Date:
2008-08-14
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