Fire emission heights in the climate system – Part 1: Global plume height patterns simulated by ECHAM6-HAM2

Veira, A.; Kloster, S.; Wilkenskjeld, S.; Remy, S.

doi:10.5194/acp-15-7155-2015

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Articles | Volume 15, issue 13

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01 Jul 2015

Research article |

| 01 Jul 2015

Fire emission heights in the climate system – Part 1: Global plume height patterns simulated by ECHAM6-HAM2

A. Veira, S. Kloster, S. Wilkenskjeld, and S. Remy

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Short summary

We discuss the representation of wildfire emission heights in global climate models. Our implementation of a simple, semi-empirical plume height parametrization in the aerosol-climate model ECHAM6-HAM2 shows reasonable agreement with observations and with a more complex plume rise model. In contrast, prescribed emission heights, which do not consider the intensity of individual fires, fail to adequately simulate global plume height patterns. Diurnal and seasonal cycles are of minor importance.