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TI: Modeling and Mechanisms of Intercontinental Transport of Biomass-Burning Plumes
AU: * Reid, J S
EM: reidj@nrlmry.navy.mil
AF: Marine Meteorology Division Naval Research Laboratory, 7 Grace Hopper St., Stop 2, Monterey, CA 93943 United States
AU: Westphal, D L
EM: westphal@nrlmry.navy.mil
AF: Marine Meteorology Division Naval Research Laboratory, 7 Grace Hopper St., Stop 2, Monterey, CA 93943 United States
AU: Christopher, S A
EM: sundar@nsstc.uah.edu
AF: Dept. of Atmospheric Science University of Alabama, Huntsville, 320 Sparkman Drive, Huntsville, AL 35805-1912 United States
AU: Prins, E M
EM: elaine.prins@ssec.wisc.edu
AF: NOAA/NESDIS/ORA/ASPT, 17207 Alexandra Way, Grass Valley, CA 95949 United States
AU: Justice, C O
AF: Dept. of Geography, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742 United States
AU: Richardson, K A
EM: kim@nrlmry.navy.mil
AF: Marine Meteorology Division Naval Research Laboratory, 7 Grace Hopper St., Stop 2, Monterey, CA 93943 United States
AU: Reid, E A
EM: reidb@nrlmry.navy.mil
AF: Marine Meteorology Division Naval Research Laboratory, 7 Grace Hopper St., Stop 2, Monterey, CA 93943 United States
AU: Eck, T F
EM: teck@ltpmail.gsfc.nasa.gov
AF: GEST/UMBC, NASA Goddard SFC Code 923, Greenbelt, MD 20771 United States
AB: With the aid of fire products from GOES and MODIS, the NRL Aerosol Analysis and Prediction System (NAAPS) successfully monitors and predicts the formation and transport of massive smoke plumes between the continents in near real time. The goal of this system, formed under the joint Navy, NASA, and NOAA sponsored Fire Locating and Modeling of Burning Emissions (FLAMBE) project, is to provide 5 day forecasts of large biomass burning plumes and evaluate impacts on air quality, visibility, and regional radiative balance. In this paper we discuss and compare the mechanisms of intercontinental transport from the three most important sources in the world prone to long range advection: Africa, South/Central America, and Siberia. We demonstrate how these regions impact neighboring continents. As the meteorology of these three regions are distinct, differences in transport phenomenon subsequently result, particularly with respect to vertical distribution. Specific examples will be given on prediction and the impact of Siberian and Central American smoke plumes on the United States as well as transport phenomena from Africa to Australia. We present rules of thumb for radiation and air quality impacts. We also model clear sky bias (both positive and negative) with respect to MODIS data, and show the frequency to which frontal advection of smoke plumes masks remote sensing retrievals of smoke optical depth.
UR: http://www.nrlmry.navy.mil/flambe/
DE: 0305 Aerosols and particles (0345, 4801)
DE: 0360 Transmission and scattering of radiation
DE: 0394 Instruments and techniques
DE: 3364 Synoptic-scale meteorology
SC: Atmospheric Sciences [A]
MN: 2003 Fall Meeting