The effect of South American biomass burning aerosol emissions on the regional climate

Thornhill, Gillian D.; Ryder, Claire L.; Highwood, Eleanor J.; Shaffrey, Len C.; Johnson, Ben T.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-5321-2018

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-5321-2018

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South AMerican Biomass Burning Analysis (SAMBBA)

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-5321-2018

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Articles | Volume 18, issue 8

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19 Apr 2018

Research article |

| 19 Apr 2018

The effect of South American biomass burning aerosol emissions on the regional climate

Gillian D. Thornhill, Claire L. Ryder, Eleanor J. Highwood, Len C. Shaffrey, and Ben T. Johnson

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RC1: 'Review of Thornhill et al.', Anonymous Referee #1, 13 Dec 2017
RC2: 'Review of Thornhill et al. 2017 (acp-2017-953)', Anonymous Referee #2, 18 Dec 2017
- AC1: 'Responses to both referees', Gillian Thornhill, 07 Feb 2018
- AC2: 'Revised text for main paper', Gillian Thornhill, 07 Feb 2018
- AC3: 'Revised text for supplemental material', Gillian Thornhill, 07 Feb 2018

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We investigated the impact on the regional climate of different amounts of smoke emission (aerosol) from the burning of vegetation in South America using a climate model. We looked at differences between high and low smoke emissions and found impacts from the higher smoke emissions on the amount of cloud cover, solar radiation reaching the surface, wind patterns and rainfall. This means the local climate may be affected if there is more deforestation and more smoke from burning of vegetation.