Articles | Volume 19, issue 4
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-2577-2019
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-2577-2019
Research article
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28 Feb 2019
Research article |  | 28 Feb 2019

Satellite-derived emissions of carbon monoxide, ammonia, and nitrogen dioxide from the 2016 Horse River wildfire in the Fort McMurray area

Cristen Adams, Chris A. McLinden, Mark W. Shephard, Nolan Dickson, Enrico Dammers, Jack Chen, Paul Makar, Karen E. Cady-Pereira, Naomi Tam, Shailesh K. Kharol, Lok N. Lamsal, and Nickolay A. Krotkov

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AR by Cristen Adams on behalf of the Authors (19 Jan 2019)  Author's response    Manuscript
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RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (27 Jan 2019)
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ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (31 Jan 2019) by Rolf Müller
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We estimated how much carbon monoxide, ammonia, and nitrogen oxides were emitted in the smoke from the Fort McMurray Horse River wildfire using satellite data and air quality models. The fire emitted amounts of carbon monoxide that were similar to anthropogenic (human-caused) emissions for all of Alberta over a full year. We also estimated large amounts of ammonia and nitrogen oxides emitted from the fire. These results can be used to evaluate the performance of air quality forecasting models.
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