Probing into the aging dynamics of biomass burning aerosol by using satellite measurements of aerosol optical depth and carbon monoxide

Konovalov, Igor B.; Beekmann, Matthias; Berezin, Evgeny V.; Formenti, Paola; Andreae, Meinrat O.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-4513-2017

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-4513-2017

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-4513-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 17, issue 7

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04 Apr 2017

Research article |

| 04 Apr 2017

Probing into the aging dynamics of biomass burning aerosol by using satellite measurements of aerosol optical depth and carbon monoxide

Igor B. Konovalov, Matthias Beekmann, Evgeny V. Berezin, Paola Formenti, and Meinrat O. Andreae

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-4513-2017-supplement

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IASI retrievals ESPRI http://ether.ipsl.jussieu.fr/ether/pubipsl/iasi_CO_uk.jsp

MODIS/Terra and MODIS/Aqua Level 2 Aerosol Products LAADS ftp://ladsweb.nascom.nasa.gov/allData/51/

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A shortage of consistent observational evidence on biomass burning (BB) aerosol aging processes hinders the development of their adequate representations in atmospheric models. Here we show that useful insights into the BB aerosol dynamics can be obtained from analysis of satellite measurements of aerosol optical depth and carbon dioxide. Our results indicate that aging processes strongly affect the evolution of BB aerosol in smoke plumes from wildfires in Siberia.