Sentences with phrase «burning during the dry season»

Instruments on the platforms will monitor changes in the concentrations of gases such carbon dioxide, which is mainly produced when vegetation is burnt during the dry season.

For example, in years that had more than average burning during the dry season, measurements of soil moisture, evaporation and vegetation greenness — all of which help to trigger rain — decreased in the following wet season.

Not exact matches

The sink swallowed up roughly 0.77 gigaton of carbon per year, persisting despite a significant increase in biomass burning emissions that occurred during the dry season of 2011, fueled by the rapid growth of vegetation that year.

Dust during dry seasons and from construction activity along with biomass burning tend to be seasonal.

Variability of biomass burning aerosol optical characteristics in southern Africa during the SAFARI 2000 dry season campaign and a comparison of single scattering albedo estimates from radiometric measurements.

Very limited open - air burning of dry vegetation (no trash) is allowed on restricted days during the wet season.