The impact of biomass burning on upper tropospheric carbon monoxide: a study using MOCAGE global model and IAGOS airborne data

Cussac, Martin; Marécal, Virginie; Thouret, Valérie; Josse, Béatrice; Sauvage, Bastien

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-9393-2020

Articles | Volume 20, issue 15

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-9393-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-9393-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 20, issue 15

Research article

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11 Aug 2020

Research article |

| 11 Aug 2020

The impact of biomass burning on upper tropospheric carbon monoxide: a study using MOCAGE global model and IAGOS airborne data

Martin Cussac, Virginie Marécal, Valérie Thouret, Béatrice Josse, and Bastien Sauvage

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-9393-2020-supplement

Data sets

IAGOS Time series U. Bundke, H. Smit, B. Sauvage, C. Gerbig, M. Hermann, F. Berkes, P. Nédélec, M. Gallagher, H. Ziereis, D. Boulanger, V. Thouret, and A. Petzold https://doi.org/10.25326/06

IAGOS vertical profiles U. Bundke, H. Smit, B. Sauvage, C. Gerbig, M. Hermann, F. Berkes, P. Nédélec, M. Gallagher, H. Ziereis, D. Boulanger, V. Thouret, and A. Petzold https://doi.org/10.25326/07

IAGOS ancillary data (L4) - CO contributions to the aircraft measurements B. Sauvage, P. Nédélec, and D. Boulanger https://doi.org/10.25326/3

IAGOS Data Portal D. Boulanger, V. Thouret, and A. Petzold https://doi.org/10.25326/20

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Biomass burning emissions are a major source of carbon monoxide in the atmosphere. Here, the vertical transport that these emissions can undergo until the upper troposphere is investigated, as well as their contribution to carbon monoxide concentrations. It was found that boreal forest emissions were specific to the occurrence of pyroconvection directly above the fires, whereas biomass burning emissions from other regions of the globe relied more on the occurrence of deep convection.