Peat fires burning in Sumatra produced a carbon monoxide plume - TopicsExpress



          

Peat fires burning in Sumatra produced a carbon monoxide plume visible from space in this series of data images from NASAs space borne AIRS instrument. Although it is a weak greenhouse gas, carbon monoxide has important indirect effects on global warming. The reaction of CO with other chemical compounds in Earths atmosphere increases the global warming potential of greenhouse gases, such as methane and carbon dioxide. The white arrow points to Sumatra. Carbon monoxide levels shown here are as high as 320 parts per billion (ppb), which is way off the accompanying color scale. View the data: 1.usa.gov/1kbVnM9
Posted on: Wed, 19 Mar 2014 22:24:07 +0000

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