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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-9643-2021
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the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-9643-2021
© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Research article
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29 Jun 2021
Research article |
| 29 Jun 2021
| 29 Jun 2021
Exploring the elevated water vapor signal associated with the free tropospheric biomass burning plume over the southeast Atlantic Ocean
Kristina Pistone
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Bay Area Environmental Research Institute, Moffett Field, CA, USA
NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA, USA
Paquita Zuidema
Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, University of Miami, Miami, FL, USA
Robert Wood
Department of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
Michael Diamond
Department of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
now at: Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES), University of Colorado Boulder and NOAA Chemical Sciences Laboratory, Boulder, CO, USA
Arlindo M. da Silva
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA
Gonzalo Ferrada
Center for Global and Regional Environmental Research, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA
Pablo E. Saide
Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Institute of the Environment and Sustainability, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Rei Ueyama
NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA, USA
Ju-Mee Ryoo
Science and Technology Corporation, Moffett Field, CA, USA
NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA, USA
Leonhard Pfister
NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA, USA
James Podolske
NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA, USA
David Noone
Department of Physics, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State University, OR, USA
Ryan Bennett
Bay Area Environmental Research Institute, Moffett Field, CA, USA
Eric Stith
Bay Area Environmental Research Institute, Moffett Field, CA, USA
now at: JT4 LLC, Las Vegas, NV, USA
Gregory Carmichael
Center for Global and Regional Environmental Research, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA
Jens Redemann
School of Meteorology, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, USA
Connor Flynn
School of Meteorology, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, USA
Samuel LeBlanc
Bay Area Environmental Research Institute, Moffett Field, CA, USA
NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA, USA
Michal Segal-Rozenhaimer
Bay Area Environmental Research Institute, Moffett Field, CA, USA
NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA, USA
Department of Geophysics, Porter School of the Environment and Earth Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
Yohei Shinozuka
Bay Area Environmental Research Institute, Moffett Field, CA, USA
NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA, USA
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Using aircraft-based measurements off the Atlantic coast of Africa, we found the springtime smoke plume was strongly correlated with the amount of water vapor in the atmosphere (more smoke indicated more humidity). We see the same general feature in satellite-assimilated and free-running models. Our analysis suggests this relationship is not caused by the burning but originates due to coincident continental meteorology plus fires. This air is transported over the ocean without further mixing.
Using aircraft-based measurements off the Atlantic coast of Africa, we found the springtime...
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