A Multi Decadal History Of Biomass Burning Plume Heights Identified using Aerosol Index Measurements

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Abstract:

We have quantified the relationship between Aerosol Index AI measurements and plume height for young biomass burning plumes using coincident Ozone Monitoring Instrument OMI and Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observations CALIPSO measurements. This linear relationship allows the determination of high-altitude plumes wherever AI data are available, and it provides a data set for validating global fire plume heights in chemistry transport models. We find that all plumes detected from June 2006 to February 2009 with an AI value 9 are located at altitudes higher than 5 km. Older high-altitude plumes have lower AI values than young plumes at similar altitudes. We have examined available AI data from the OMI and TOMS instruments 1978-2009 and find that large AI plumes occur more frequently over North America than over Australia or RussiaNortheast Asia. According to the derived relationship, during this time interval, 181 plumes, in various stages of their evolution, reached altitudes above 8 km.

Author(s):
Guan, H. ; Esswein, R. ; Lopez, J. ; Bergstrom, R. ; Warnock, A. ; Follette-cook, M. ; Fromm, M. ; Iraci, L. T.
Author Organization(s):
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION MOFFETT FIELD CA AMES RESEARCH CENTER
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Journal article
Supplementary Note:
Published in Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, v10 n14 p6461-6469. Prepared in collaboration with the Remote Sensing Division, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington DC, Bay Area Environmental Research Institute, Sonoma, CA, and the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI. Government or Federal Purpose Rights License. The original document contains color images.
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0010

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Collection: TR
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NASA
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Joint Capability Areas:
JCA_JCA_4.1.2_Sustain the Force; JCA_4.1_Deployment and Distribution; JCA_5_Command and Control; JCA_5.3_Planning; JCA_1.2.3_Educating; JCA_1.2.5_Lessons Learned; JCA_4.5.4_Requirements Definition; JCA_4.5_Operational Contract Support
Communities of Interest:
Space
Descriptor(s):
*PLUMES, *ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY, *HIGH ALTITUDE, INSTRUMENTATION, FOREST FIRES, SCIENTIFIC SATELLITES, SPECTRUM SIGNATURES, SMOKE, REPRINTS
Field(s)/Group(s):
Atmospheric Physics, Organic Chemistry
Keyword(s):
*AI(AEROSOL INDEX), HISTORIC DATA, CHEMISTRY TRANSPORT MODELS, GREENHOUSE GASES, BIOMASS BURNING PLUMES, SMOKE AEROSOLS, SATELLITE DATA
Report Date:
2010 Jul 01
Creation Date:
2011 Mar 02