Table 6.

Optimal Scale Factors (λ) and Globally Averaged Amplitude Factors (A) for Tropical or Northern Hemisphere GFED Fire Emissions Based on Spatial and Temporal Averaging of Monthly Atmospheric CO₂ Data

	Regional Averaging		Global Averaging		Global, Yearly Averaging
Model Case	λFire	A	λFire	A	λFire	A
Tropical (T, F)	0.14	0.28	0.06	0.13	0.07	0.14
Tropical (D, F)	0.22	0.42	0.18	0.35	0.18	0.38
Tropical (T, D, F)	0.15	0.29	0.05	0.07	0.03	0.03
Northern (T, F)	0.20	0.90	0.40	0.73	0.69	0.74
Northern (D, F)	0.17	0.53	0.39	0.77	0.64	0.77
Northern (T, D, F)	0.17	0.41	0.35	0.41	0.62	0.42
Bestcase, tropical F	0.17	0.19	0.06	0.06	0.00	0.00