Biomass burning aerosol over the Amazon: analysis of aircraft, surface and satellite observations using a global aerosol model

Reddington, Carly L.; Morgan, William T.; Darbyshire, Eoghan; Brito, Joel; Coe, Hugh; Artaxo, Paulo; Scott, Catherine E.; Marsham, John; Spracklen, Dominick V.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-9125-2019

Articles | Volume 19, issue 14

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-9125-2019

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South AMerican Biomass Burning Analysis (SAMBBA)

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-9125-2019

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Articles | Volume 19, issue 14

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17 Jul 2019

Research article |

| 17 Jul 2019

Biomass burning aerosol over the Amazon: analysis of aircraft, surface and satellite observations using a global aerosol model

Carly L. Reddington, William T. Morgan, Eoghan Darbyshire, Joel Brito, Hugh Coe, Paulo Artaxo, Catherine E. Scott, John Marsham, and Dominick V. Spracklen

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RC1: 'Review of Reddington et al.', Anonymous Referee #1, 08 Oct 2018
RC2: 'Review of: Biomass burning aerosol over the Amazon: analysis of aircraft, surface and satellite observations using a global aerosol model', Anonymous Referee #2, 09 Oct 2018
RC3: 'Referee Comment on Reddington et al.', Anonymous Referee #3, 12 Oct 2018
AC1: 'Response to all referee comments', Carly Reddington, 04 Apr 2019

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We use an aerosol model and observations to explore model representation of aerosol emissions from fires in the Amazon. We find that observed aerosol concentrations are captured by the model over deforestation fires in the western Amazon but underestimated over savanna fires in the Cerrado environment. The model underestimates observed aerosol optical depth (AOD) even when the observed aerosol vertical profile is reproduced. We suggest this may be due to uncertainties in the AOD calculation.