Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
ACP
Articles | Volume 23, issue 1
Articles | Volume 23, issue 1
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-23-711-2023
© Author(s) 2023. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-23-711-2023
© Author(s) 2023. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 23, issue 1
Research article
 | 
17 Jan 2023
Research article |  | 17 Jan 2023

Estimation of biomass burning emission of NO2 and CO from 2019–2020 Australia fires based on satellite observations

Nenghan Wan, Xiaozhen Xiong, Gerard J. Kluitenberg, J. M. Shawn Hutchinson, Robert Aiken, Haidong Zhao, and Xiaomao Lin

Data sets

TROPOMI Level 2 Aerosol Layer Height products, Version 01 Copernicus Sentinel-5P (processed by ESA) https://doi.org/10.5270/S5P-j7aj4gr

TROPOMI Level 2 Carbon Monoxide total column products, Version 02 Copernicus Sentinel-5P (processed by ESA) https://doi.org/10.5270/S5P-bj3nry0

ERA5 hourly data on pressure levels from 1959 to present H. Hersbach, B. Bell, P. Berrisford, G. Biavati, A. Horányi, J. Muñoz Sabater, J. Nicolas, C. Peubey, R. Radu, I. Rozum, D. Schepers, A. Simmons, C. Soci, D. Dee, and J.-N. Thépaut https://doi.org/10.24381/cds.bd0915c6

MODIS Collection 6 Hotspot/Active Fire Detections MCD14ML NASA Fire Information for Resource Management System (FIRMS) https://doi.org/10.5067/FIRMS/MODIS/MCD14ML

Download
Short summary
This study used new TROPOMI measurements of NO2 and CO to characterize regional biomass burning characteristics and efficiency. We found that the NO2 / CO emission ratio was consistent with recent studies over temperate forest fires but slightly lower in savanna vegetation fires. Our results can help identify the relative contribution of smoldering and flaming activities as well as their impacts on the regional atmospheric composition and air quality.
Read more
Altmetrics
Final-revised paper
Preprint