A 2007 aircraft-based study of plumes from biomass burning origin from Mexico and Central America advected over south Texas and the western Gulf of Mexico.

Alvarez, Sergio L.

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dc.contributor	Shauck, Maxwell Eustace.
dc.contributor	Baylor University. Institute for Air Science.
dc.contributor	Air Science.
dc.creator	Alvarez, Sergio L.
dc.date	2009-06-10T12:57:33Z
dc.date	2009-06-10T12:57:33Z
dc.date	2009-05
dc.date	2009-06-10T12:57:33Z
dc.date.accessioned	2022-05-18T12:07:05Z
dc.date.available	2022-05-18T12:07:05Z
dc.identifier	http://hdl.handle.net/2104/5326
dc.identifier.uri	http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/CUHPOERS/28780
dc.description	Includes bibliographical references (p. 45-48).
dc.description	Biomass burning is the burning of living and dead vegetation which includes grasslands, forests, and agricultural lands (Levin, 1998). It is a global phenomenon and serves a multitude of purposes such as clearing of forests and brushland for agricultural use; control of weeds; production of charcoal; and energy production for cooking and heating (Crutzen and Andreae, 1990). The Baylor Institute for Air Science (BIAS) equipped an aircraft to measure trace gases and aerosols during two science flights in the south Texas region. One science flight was flown to collect "background" continental and marine layer air data and the other to collect data in biomass-burning smoke plumes from Mexico and Central American countries. Measurements were taken in the geographic region along the US-Mexico Border and adjacent area over the western Gulf of Mexico. Results of this study indicate that individual smoke plumes may occur episodically over the Texas border region to Mexico under prevailing southeasterly wind directions. The origin of these plumes may be diverse ranging from individual local fire emissions to medium range transport of biomass burning.
dc.description	by Sergio L. Alvarez.
dc.description	I.M.E.S.
dc.format	xi, 48 p. : ill., maps, photos.
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dc.format	application/pdf
dc.language	en
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dc.rights	Worldwide access
dc.subject	Burning of land --- Central America.
dc.subject	Burning of land --- Mexico.
dc.subject	Smoke plumes --- Central America.
dc.subject	Smoke plumes --- Mexico.
dc.subject	Air -- Pollution --- Mexico, Gulf of.
dc.subject	Air -- Pollution --- Texas --- Zapata County.
dc.subject	Air -- Pollution -- Analysis.
dc.subject	Transboundary pollution.
dc.title	A 2007 aircraft-based study of plumes from biomass burning origin from Mexico and Central America advected over south Texas and the western Gulf of Mexico.
dc.type	Thesis