Reducing Aerosol Forcing Uncertainty by Combining Models With Satellite and Within‐The‐Atmosphere Observations: A Three‐Way Street

RA Kahn, E Andrews, CA Brock, M Chin… - Reviews of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Aerosol forcing uncertainty represents the largest climate forcing uncertainty overall. Its
magnitude has remained virtually undiminished over the past 20 years despite considerable …

New-generation geostationary satellite reveals widespread midday depression in dryland photosynthesis during 2020 western US heatwave

X Li, Y Ryu, J Xiao, B Dechant, J Liu, B Li, S Jeong… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
Emerging new-generation geostationary satellites have broadened the scope for studying
the diurnal cycle of ecosystem functions. We exploit observations from the Geostationary …

Ozone chemistry in western US wildfire plumes

L Xu, JD Crounse, KT Vasquez, H Allen… - Science …, 2021 - science.org
Wildfires are a substantial but poorly quantified source of tropospheric ozone (O3). Here, to
investigate the highly variable O3 chemistry in wildfire plumes, we exploit the in situ …

Fire influence on regional to global Environments and air quality (FIREX‐AQ)

C Warneke, JP Schwarz, J Dibb… - Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The NOAA/NASA Fire Influence on Regional to Global Environments and Air
Quality (FIREX‐AQ) experiment was a multi‐agency, inter‐disciplinary research effort to:(a) …

Evaluation and intercomparison of wildfire smoke forecasts from multiple modeling systems for the 2019 Williams Flats fire

X Ye, P Arab, R Ahmadov, E James… - Atmospheric …, 2021 - acp.copernicus.org
Wildfire smoke is one of the most significant concerns of human and environmental health,
associated with its substantial impacts on air quality, weather, and climate. However …

Impact of biomass burning organic aerosol volatility on smoke concentrations downwind of fires

D Pagonis, V Selimovic… - Environmental …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Biomass burning particulate matter (BBPM) affects regional air quality and global climate,
with impacts expected to continue to grow over the coming years. We show that studies of …

Characteristics and evolution of brown carbon in western United States wildfires

L Zeng, J Dibb, E Scheuer, JM Katich… - Atmospheric …, 2022 - acp.copernicus.org
Brown carbon (BrC) associated with aerosol particles in western United States wildfires was
measured between July and August 2019 aboard the NASA DC-8 research aircraft during …

Rapid recent deforestation incursion in a vulnerable indigenous land in the Brazilian Amazon and fire-driven emissions of fine particulate aerosol pollutants

G de Oliveira, JM Chen, GAV Mataveli, MED Chaves… - Forests, 2020 - mdpi.com
Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon is related to the use of fire to remove natural
vegetation and install crop cultures or pastures. In this study, we evaluated the relation …

Hourly biomass burning emissions product from blended geostationary and polar-orbiting satellites for air quality forecasting applications

F Li, X Zhang, S Kondragunta, X Lu, I Csiszar… - Remote Sensing of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Biomass burning influences atmospheric composition and regional air quality. The hourly
biomass-burning emissions are usually required by air quality models, yet most available …

Direct estimates of biomass burning NOx emissions and lifetimes using daily observations from TROPOMI

X Jin, Q Zhu, RC Cohen - Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 2021 - acp.copernicus.org
Biomass burning emits an estimated 25% of global annual nitrogen oxides (NO x), an
important constituent that participates in the oxidative chemistry of the atmosphere …