Scientific interest in tropical biomass burning was heightened some two decades ago with the suggestion by Crutzen et al. [1979, 1985] that it is an important source of some key trace gases in the atmosphere. It is now known that biomass burning is responsible for 10-30% of the global CO budget, which is of particular importance since the emissions are in the tropics, a region of strong solar radiation, including UV, and therefore of major importance for tropospheric chemical processes

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