H Guan - Storming Media

A Multi Decadal History Of Biomass Burning Plume Heights Identified using Aerosol Index Measurements

Jul 2010

10 pages

Authors: H Guan; R Esswein; J Lopez; R Bergstrom; A Warnock; M Follette-Cook; M Fromm; L T Iraci; NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION MOFFETT FIELD CA AMES RESEARCH CENTER

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We have quantified the relationship between Aerosol Index (AI) measurements and plume height for young biomass burning plumes using coincident Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI) and Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observations (CALIPSO) measurements. This linear relationship allows the determination of high-altitude plumes wherever AI data are available, and it provides a data set for validating global fire plume heights in chemistry transport models. We find that all plumes detected ...