Modeling the radiative effects of biomass burning aerosols on carbon fluxes in the Amazon region

Moreira, Demerval S.; Longo, Karla M.; Freitas, Saulo R.; Yamasoe, Marcia A.; Mercado, Lina M.; Rosário, Nilton E.; Gloor, Emauel; Viana, Rosane S. M.; Miller, John B.; Gatti, Luciana V.; Wiedemann, Kenia T.; Domingues, Lucas K. G.; Correia, Caio C. S.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-14785-2017

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12 Dec 2017

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Modeling the radiative effects of biomass burning aerosols on carbon fluxes in the Amazon region

Demerval S. Moreira, Karla M. Longo, Saulo R. Freitas, Marcia A. Yamasoe, Lina M. Mercado, Nilton E. Rosário, Emauel Gloor, Rosane S. M. Viana, John B. Miller, Luciana V. Gatti, Kenia T. Wiedemann, Lucas K. G. Domingues, and Caio C. S. Correia

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RC1: 'Review of “Modelling the radiative effects of smoke aerosols on carbon fluxes in Amazon” by D.S. Moreira et al.', Anonymous Referee #2, 18 Mar 2017
- AC1: 'Answers to Referee \#1', Demerval Soares Moreira, 01 Jul 2017
RC2: 'Questions and recommendations in order to improve an intersting story', Anonymous Referee #1, 21 Mar 2017
- AC2: 'Answers to Referee \#2', Demerval Soares Moreira, 01 Jul 2017

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AR by Anna Wenzel on behalf of the Authors (21 Jul 2017) Author's response

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (21 Jul 2017) by Alexander Baklanov

RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (31 Jul 2017)

ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (01 Aug 2017) by Alexander Baklanov

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Fire in the Amazon forest produces a large amount of smoke that is released into the atmosphere and covers a large portion of South America for about 3 months each year. The smoke affects the energy and CO₂ budgets. Using a numerical atmospheric model, we demonstrated that the smoke changes the forest from a source to a sink of CO₂ to the atmosphere. The smoke ultimately acts to at least partially compensate for the forest carbon lost due to fire emissions.