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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-25-17387-2025
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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-25-17387-2025
© Author(s) 2025. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Technical note: Apportionment of Southeast Asian biomass burning and urban influence via in situ trace gas enhancement ratios
Joshua P. DiGangi
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA 23681, USA
Glenn S. Diskin
NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA 23681, USA
Subin Yoon
University of Houston, Houston, TX 77204, USA
now at: Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
Sergio L. Alvarez
University of Houston, Houston, TX 77204, USA
James H. Flynn
University of Houston, Houston, TX 77204, USA
Claire E. Robinson
NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA 23681, USA
Analytical Mechanics Associates, Inc., Hampton, VA 23666, USA
deceased
Michael A. Shook
NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA 23681, USA
K. Lee Thornhill
NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA 23681, USA
Analytical Mechanics Associates, Inc., Hampton, VA 23666, USA
Edward L. Winstead
NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA 23681, USA
Analytical Mechanics Associates, Inc., Hampton, VA 23666, USA
Luke D. Ziemba
NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA 23681, USA
Maria Obiminda L. Cambaliza
Air Quality Dynamics Laboratory, Manila Observatory, Quezon City, 1101, Philippines
Department of Physics, Ateneo de Manila University, Quezon City, 1101, Philippines
James B. Simpas
Air Quality Dynamics Laboratory, Manila Observatory, Quezon City, 1101, Philippines
Department of Physics, Ateneo de Manila University, Quezon City, 1101, Philippines
Miguel Ricardo A. Hilario
University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA
Armin Sorooshian
University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA
Data sets
Clouds, Aerosol and Monsoon Processes-Philippines Experiment NASA/LARC/SD/ASDC https://doi.org/10.5067/SUBORBITAL/CAMP2EX2018/DATA001
NRT VIIRS 375 m Active Fire product VNP14IMGT NASA FIRMS https://doi.org/10.5067/FIRMS/VIIRS/VNP14IMGT_NRT.002
Short summary
Both fire and urban emissions are major contributors to air pollution in Southeast Asia. Relative increases in measurements of methane and carbon monoxide gases during an aircraft campaign near the Philippines in 2019 were used to isolate pollution emissions from fires vs. urban sources. Results were compared to atmospheric transport models to determine the sources' regional origins, and relationships between pollution indicators relevant to poor air quality were investigated for each source.
Both fire and urban emissions are major contributors to air pollution in Southeast Asia....
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