Estimation of fire-induced carbon emissions from Equatorial Asia in 2015 using in situ aircraft and ship observations

Niwa, Yosuke; Sawa, Yousuke; Nara, Hideki; Machida, Toshinobu; Matsueda, Hidekazu; Umezawa, Taku; Ito, Akihiko; Nakaoka, Shin-Ichiro; Tanimoto, Hiroshi; Tohjima, Yasunori

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-9455-2021

Articles | Volume 21, issue 12

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-9455-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-9455-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 21, issue 12

Research article

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23 Jun 2021

Research article |

| 23 Jun 2021

Estimation of fire-induced carbon emissions from Equatorial Asia in 2015 using in situ aircraft and ship observations

Yosuke Niwa, Yousuke Sawa, Hideki Nara, Toshinobu Machida, Hidekazu Matsueda, Taku Umezawa, Akihiko Ito, Shin-Ichiro Nakaoka, Hiroshi Tanimoto, and Yasunori Tohjima

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RC1: 'Review of "Estimation of fire-induced carbon emission from Equatorial Asia in 2015 by using in situ aircraft and ship observations" by Niwa et al.', Anonymous Referee #1, 25 Feb 2021
RC2: 'Review of acp-2020-1239', Julia Marshall, 30 Mar 2021
AC1: 'Reply to RC1', Yosuke Niwa, 05 May 2021
AC2: 'Reply to RC2', Yosuke Niwa, 05 May 2021

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AR by Yosuke Niwa on behalf of the Authors (05 May 2021) Author's response Author's tracked changes Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (20 May 2021) by Dominick Spracklen

AR by Yosuke Niwa on behalf of the Authors (21 May 2021)

Short summary

Fires in Equatorial Asia release a large amount of carbon into the atmosphere. Extensively using high-precision atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO₂) data from a commercial aircraft observation project, we estimated fire carbon emissions in Equatorial Asia induced by the big El Niño event in 2015. Additional shipboard measurement data elucidated the validity of the analysis and the best estimate indicated 273 Tg C for fire emissions during September–October 2015.