Aircraft observations of biomass burning pollutants in the equatorial lower stratosphere over the tropical western Pacific during boreal winter
Jasna V. Pittman,Bruce C. Daube,Steven C. Wofsy,Elliot L. Atlas,Maria A. Navarro,Eric J. Hintsa,Fred L. Moore,Geoff S. Dutton,James W. Elkins,Troy D. Thornberry,Andrew W. Rollins,Eric J. Jensen,Thaopaul Bui,Jonathan Dean-Day,and Leonhard Pfister
Biomass fires emit aerosols and precursors that can provide a novel environment for initiating stratospheric ozone loss. The Airborne Tropical TRopopause EXperiment campaign sampled the western Pacific, the dominant longitudes for surface air lofted by convection to enter the global stratosphere. Aircraft measurements over multiple flights revealed persistent layers of biomass burning pollutants entering the lower stratosphere and originating from fires as far away as Africa and Indonesia.
Biomass fires emit aerosols and precursors that can provide a novel environment for initiating...