Measurement report: Observations of long-lived volatile organic compounds from the 2019–2020 Australian wildfires during the COALA campaign

Mouat, Asher P.; Paton-Walsh, Clare; Simmons, Jack B.; Ramirez-Gamboa, Jhonathan; Griffith, David W. T.; Kaiser, Jennifer

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-22-11033-2022

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-22-11033-2022

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-22-11033-2022

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Articles | Volume 22, issue 17

Measurement report

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31 Aug 2022

Measurement report |

| 31 Aug 2022

Measurement report: Observations of long-lived volatile organic compounds from the 2019–2020 Australian wildfires during the COALA campaign

Asher P. Mouat, Clare Paton-Walsh, Jack B. Simmons, Jhonathan Ramirez-Gamboa, David W. T. Griffith, and Jennifer Kaiser

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Additional measurements of volatile organic compounds by PTR-ToF-MS at Cataract Scout Park, Australia, taken during the COALA-2020 campaign A. P. Mouat, J. Kaiser, C. Paton-Walsh, J. Ramirez-Gamboa, T. A. Naylor, and J. B. Simmons https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.939407

Volatile organic compound measurements at Cataract Scout Park, Australia, taken during the COALA-2020 campaign A. P. Mouat, J. Kaiser, C. Paton-Walsh, J. Ramirez-Gamboa, T. A. Naylor, and J. B. Simmons https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.927277

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We examine emissions of volatile organic compounds from 2020 wildfires in forested regions of Australia (AU). We find that biomass burning in temperate regions of the US and AU emit similar species in similar proportion, both in natural and lab settings. This suggests studies of wildfires in one region may be used to help improve air quality models in other parts of the world. We observe time series of ozone and nitrogen dioxide. Last, we look at which compounds contribute most to OH reactivity.