The impact of organic pollutants from Indonesian peatland fires on the tropospheric and lower stratospheric composition

Rosanka, Simon; Franco, Bruno; Clarisse, Lieven; Coheur, Pierre-François; Pozzer, Andrea; Wahner, Andreas; Taraborrelli, Domenico

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-11257-2021

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-11257-2021

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27 Jul 2021

Research article |

| 27 Jul 2021

The impact of organic pollutants from Indonesian peatland fires on the tropospheric and lower stratospheric composition

Simon Rosanka, Bruno Franco, Lieven Clarisse, Pierre-François Coheur, Andrea Pozzer, Andreas Wahner, and Domenico Taraborrelli

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Preprint (discussion started on 17 Nov 2020)

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Status: closed

AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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RC1: 'Review', Anonymous Referee #1, 31 Dec 2020
- AC1: 'Reply on RC1', Simon Rosanka, 12 Apr 2021
RC2: 'review', Anonymous Referee #2, 09 Jan 2021
- AC2: 'Reply on RC2', Simon Rosanka, 12 Apr 2021

Peer-review completion

AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

AR by Simon Rosanka on behalf of the Authors (23 Apr 2021) Author's response Author's tracked changes Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (26 Apr 2021) by Bryan N. Duncan

RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (07 May 2021)

RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (08 May 2021)

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (08 May 2021) by Bryan N. Duncan

AR by Simon Rosanka on behalf of the Authors (21 May 2021) Author's response Author's tracked changes Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (25 May 2021) by Bryan N. Duncan

Post-review adjustments

AA: Author's adjustment | EA: Editor approval

AA by Simon Rosanka on behalf of the Authors (14 Jul 2021) Author's adjustment Manuscript

EA: Adjustments approved (15 Jul 2021) by Bryan N. Duncan

Short summary

The strong El Niño in 2015 led to a particular dry season in Indonesia and favoured severe peatland fires. The smouldering conditions of these fires and the high carbon content of peat resulted in high volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions. By using a comprehensive atmospheric model, we show that these emissions have a significant impact on the tropospheric composition and oxidation capacity. These emissions are transported into to the lower stratosphere, resulting in a depletion of ozone.