Air quality simulations of wildfires in the Pacific Northwest evaluated with surface and satellite observations during the summers of 2007 and 2008

Herron-Thorpe, F. L.; Mount, G. H.; Emmons, L. K.; Lamb, B. K.; Jaffe, D. A.; Wigder, N. L.; Chung, S. H.; Zhang, R.; Woelfle, M. D.; Vaughan, J. K.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-14-12533-2014

Articles | Volume 14, issue 22

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-14-12533-2014

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-14-12533-2014

© Author(s) 2014. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 14, issue 22

Research article

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27 Nov 2014

Research article |

| 27 Nov 2014

Air quality simulations of wildfires in the Pacific Northwest evaluated with surface and satellite observations during the summers of 2007 and 2008

F. L. Herron-Thorpe, G. H. Mount, L. K. Emmons, B. K. Lamb, D. A. Jaffe, N. L. Wigder, S. H. Chung, R. Zhang, M. D. Woelfle, and J. K. Vaughan

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RC C3145: 'Review', Anonymous Referee #1, 03 Jun 2014
- AC C5794: 'Response to Comments from Referee #1', Farren Herron-Thorpe, 13 Aug 2014
RC C4113: 'Review of acp-2014-157, Herron-Thorpe et al;', Anonymous Referee #2, 25 Jun 2014
- AC C5796: 'Response to Comments from Referee #2', Farren Herron-Thorpe, 13 Aug 2014

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ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (06 Oct 2014) by Steven Brown

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Wildfire season simulations from an air quality forecast system for the Pacific Northwest were compared to surface monitor observations across the region and NASA Earth Observing System satellite retrievals of plume top, nitrogen dioxide, aerosol optical depth, and carbon monoxide. This study discusses why the Community Multi-scale Air Quality model predictions under-predicted secondary organic aerosol (SOA) production for events when fire emissions were transported large distances.