Articles | Volume 21, issue 19
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-14815-2021
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-14815-2021
Research article
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06 Oct 2021
Research article |  | 06 Oct 2021

Observations of supermicron-sized aerosols originating from biomass burning in southern Central Africa

Rose M. Miller, Greg M. McFarquhar, Robert M. Rauber, Joseph R. O'Brien, Siddhant Gupta, Michal Segal-Rozenhaimer, Amie N. Dobracki, Arthur J. Sedlacek, Sharon P. Burton, Steven G. Howell, Steffen Freitag, and Caroline Dang

Data sets

The ERA5 Global Reanalysis (https://apps.ecmwf.int/data-catalogues/era5/?class=ea) H. Hersbach, B. Bell, P. Berrisford, S. Hirahara, A. Horányi, J. Muñoz-Sabater, J. Nicolas, C. Peubey, R. Radu, D. Schepers, A. Simmons, C. Soci, S. Abdalla, X. Abellan, G. Balsamo, P. Bechtold, G. Biavati, J. Bidlot, M. Bonavita, G. De Chiara, P. Dahlgren, D. Dee, M. Diamantakis, R. Dragani, J. Flemming, R. Forbes, M. Fuentes, A. Geer, L. Haimberger, S. Healy, R. J. Hogan, E. Hólm, M. Janisková, S. Keeley, P. Laloyaux, P. Lopez, C. Lupu, G. Radnoti, P. de Rosnay, I. Rozum, F. Vamborg, S. Villaume, and J.-N Thépaut https://doi.org/10.1002/qj.3803

Suite of Aerosol, Cloud, and Related Data Acquired Aboard P3 During ORACLES 2017, Version 2 ORACLES Science Team https://doi.org/10.5067/Suborbital/ORACLES/P3/2017_V2

Suite of Aerosol, Cloud, and Related Data Acquired Aboard P3 During ORACLES 2018, Version 2 ORACLES Science Team https://doi.org/10.5067/Suborbital/ORACLES/P3/2018_V2

Model code and software

University of Illinois/Oklahoma Optical Array Probe (OAP) Processing Software G. M. McFarquhar, J. A. Finlon, D. M. Stechman, W. Wu, R. C. Jackson, and M. Freer https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1285969

The Airborne Data Processing and Analysis software package D. Delene, A. Skow, J. O'Brien, N. Gapp, S. Wagner, K. Hibert, K. Sand, and G. Sova https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3733448

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Short summary
A large stratocumulus cloud deck resides off the west coast of central Africa. Biomass burning in Africa produces a large plume of aerosol that is carried by the wind over this stratocumulus cloud deck. This paper shows that particles with sizes from 0.01 to 1 mm reside within this plume. Past studies have shown that biomass burning produces such particles, but this is the first study to show that they can be transported westward, over long distances, to the Atlantic stratocumulus cloud deck.
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