Using TES retrievals to investigate PAN in North American  biomass burning plumes

Fischer, Emily V.; Zhu, Liye; Payne, Vivienne H.; Worden, John R.; Jiang, Zhe; Kulawik, Susan S.; Brey, Steven; Hecobian, Arsineh; Gombos, Daniel; Cady-Pereira, Karen; Flocke, Frank

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-5639-2018

Articles | Volume 18, issue 8

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-5639-2018

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-5639-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 18, issue 8

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24 Apr 2018

Research article |

| 24 Apr 2018

Using TES retrievals to investigate PAN in North American biomass burning plumes

Emily V. Fischer, Liye Zhu, Vivienne H. Payne, John R. Worden, Zhe Jiang, Susan S. Kulawik, Steven Brey, Arsineh Hecobian, Daniel Gombos, Karen Cady-Pereira, and Frank Flocke

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Data – Atmospheric Science E. V. Fischer http://hdl.handle.net/10217/180136

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PAN is an atmospheric reservoir for nitrogen oxide radicals, and it plays a lead role in their redistribution in the troposphere. We analyze new Tropospheric Emission Spectrometer (TES) PAN observations over North America during July 2006 to 2009. We identify smoke-impacted TES PAN retrievals by co-location with NOAA Hazard Mapping System (HMS) smoke plumes. Depending on the year, 15–32 % of cases where elevated PAN is identified in TES observations overlap with smoke plumes.