Articles | Volume 15, issue 22
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-15-13041-2015
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-15-13041-2015
Research article
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25 Nov 2015
Research article |  | 25 Nov 2015

Signature of tropical fires in the diurnal cycle of tropospheric CO as seen from Metop-A/IASI

T. Thonat, C. Crevoisier, N. A. Scott, A. Chédin, R. Armante, and L. Crépeau

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AR by Thibaud Thonat on behalf of the Authors (09 Jun 2015)  Author's response    Manuscript
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ED: Reconsider after major revisions (06 Sep 2015) by Ilse Aben
AR by Thibaud Thonat on behalf of the Authors (18 Oct 2015)  Author's response    Manuscript
ED: Publish as is (11 Nov 2015) by Ilse Aben
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Based on 5 years of CO columns derived from the IASI sounder, we show that tropospheric CO displays a diurnal signal with a seasonality and intensity that agrees well with the evolution of fires. We suggest that at night, after the passing of IASI at 21:30, a large amount of CO emissions from the smoldering phase is trapped in the boundary layer before being uplifted the next morning by natural and pyroconvection up to the free troposphere.
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