Impacts of an intense wildfire smoke episode on surface radiation, energy and carbon fluxes in southwestern British Columbia, Canada

McKendry, Ian G.; Christen, Andreas; Lee, Sung-Ching; Ferrara, Madison; Strawbridge, Kevin B.; O'Neill, Norman; Black, Andrew

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-835-2019

Articles | Volume 19, issue 2

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-835-2019

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-835-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 19, issue 2

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22 Jan 2019

Research article |

| 22 Jan 2019

Impacts of an intense wildfire smoke episode on surface radiation, energy and carbon fluxes in southwestern British Columbia, Canada

Ian G. McKendry, Andreas Christen, Sung-Ching Lee, Madison Ferrara, Kevin B. Strawbridge, Norman O'Neill, and Andrew Black

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Wildfire smoke in July 2015 had a significant impact on air quality, radiation, and energy budgets across British Columbia. With lighter smoke, a wetland and forested site showed enhanced photosynthetic activity (taking in carbon dioxide). However, with dense smoke the forested site became a strong source. These results suggest that smoke during the growing season potentially plays an important role in the carbon budget, and this effect will likely increase as climate changes.