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Trace gas emissions from biomass burning inferred from aerosol optical depth

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Author

  • C Paton-Walsh
  • N Jones
  • S Wilson
  • Arndt Meier
  • N Deutscher
  • D Griffith
  • R Mitchell
  • S Campbell

Summary, in English

We have observed strong correlations between simultaneous and co-located measurements of aerosol optical depth and column amounts of carbon monoxide, hydrogen cyanide, formaldehyde and ammonia in bushfire smoke plumes over SE Australia during the Austral summers of 2001/2002 and 2002/2003. We show how satellite-derived aerosol optical depth maps may be used in conjunction with these correlations to determine the total amounts of these gases present in a fire-affected region. This provides the basis of a method for estimating total emissions of trace gases from biomass burning episodes using visible radiances measured by satellites.

Publishing year

2004

Language

English

Pages

05116-05116

Publication/Series

Geophysical Research Letters

Volume

31

Issue

5

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Topic

  • Earth and Related Environmental Sciences

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 1944-8007