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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-15443-2020
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Research article
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11 Dec 2020
Research article |
| 11 Dec 2020
| 11 Dec 2020
Airborne measurements of fire emission factors for African biomass burning sampled during the MOYA campaign
Patrick A. Barker
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Manchester,
Manchester, M13 9PL, UK
Grant Allen
School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Manchester,
Manchester, M13 9PL, UK
Martin Gallagher
School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Manchester,
Manchester, M13 9PL, UK
Joseph R. Pitt
School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, 145 Endeavour Hall, Stony
Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794-5000, USA
Rebecca E. Fisher
Department of Earth Sciences, Royal Holloway, University of London,
Egham, Surrey, TW20 0EX, UK
Thomas Bannan
School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Manchester,
Manchester, M13 9PL, UK
Euan G. Nisbet
Department of Earth Sciences, Royal Holloway, University of London,
Egham, Surrey, TW20 0EX, UK
Stéphane J.-B. Bauguitte
FAAM Airborne Laboratory, National Centre for Atmospheric Sciences,
Building 146, College Road, Cranfield, MK43 0AL, UK
Dominika Pasternak
Wolfson Atmospheric Chemistry Laboratories, Department of Chemistry,
University of York, Heslington, York YO10 5DD, UK
Samuel Cliff
Wolfson Atmospheric Chemistry Laboratories, Department of Chemistry,
University of York, Heslington, York YO10 5DD, UK
Marina B. Schimpf
German Aerospace Center (DLR), Flight Experiments, Instrumentation and
Data Science, Muenchener Strasse 20, 82234 Weßling, Germany
Archit Mehra
School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Manchester,
Manchester, M13 9PL, UK
Keith N. Bower
School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Manchester,
Manchester, M13 9PL, UK
James D. Lee
Wolfson Atmospheric Chemistry Laboratories, Department of Chemistry,
University of York, Heslington, York YO10 5DD, UK
School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Manchester,
Manchester, M13 9PL, UK
Carl J. Percival
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, 4800
Oak Grove Drive, M/S 183-901, Pasadena, California 91109, USA
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Short summary
Africa is estimated to account for approximately 52 % of global biomass burning (BB) carbon emissions. Despite this, there has been little previous in situ study of African BB emissions. This work presents BB emission factors for various atmospheric trace gases sampled from an aircraft in two distinct areas of Africa (Senegal and Uganda). Intracontinental variability in biomass burning methane emission is identified, which is attributed to difference in the specific fuel mixtures burnt.
Africa is estimated to account for approximately 52 % of global biomass burning (BB) carbon...
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