Insights into the aging of biomass burning aerosol from satellite observations and 3D atmospheric modeling: evolution of the aerosol optical properties in Siberian wildfire plumes

Konovalov, Igor B.; Golovushkin, Nikolai A.; Beekmann, Matthias; Andreae, Meinrat O.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-357-2021

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14 Jan 2021

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| 14 Jan 2021

Insights into the aging of biomass burning aerosol from satellite observations and 3D atmospheric modeling: evolution of the aerosol optical properties in Siberian wildfire plumes

Igor B. Konovalov, Nikolai A. Golovushkin, Matthias Beekmann, and Meinrat O. Andreae

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RC1: 'Review of Konovalov et al.', Anonymous Referee #1, 22 Aug 2020
- AC1: 'Authors' response to the comments of Anonymous Referee # 1', Igor Konovalov, 12 Nov 2020
RC2: 'Review of Insights into the aging of biomass burning aerosol from satellite observations and 3D atmospheric modeling', Anonymous Referee #2, 07 Oct 2020
- AC2: 'Authors' response to the comments of Anonymous Referee # 2', Igor Konovalov, 12 Nov 2020
RC3: 'Review of Konovalov et al. “Insights into the aging of biomass burning aerosol from satellite observations and 3D atmospheric modeling: Evolution of the aerosol optical properties in Siberian wildfire plumes”', Anonymous Referee #3, 08 Oct 2020
- AC3: 'Authors' response to the comments of Anonymous Referee # 3', Igor Konovalov, 12 Nov 2020

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A lack of consistent observational constraints on the atmospheric evolution of the optical properties of biomass burning (BB) aerosol limits the accuracy of assessments of the aerosol radiative and climate effects. We show that useful insights into the evolution of the BB aerosol optical properties can be inferred from a combination of satellite observations and 3D modeling. We report major changes that occurred in the optical properties of Siberian BB aerosol during its long-range transport.