TY - JOUR
T1 - Biomass burning emissions in north Australia during the early dry season
T2 - an overview of the 2014 SAFIRED campaign
AU - Mallet, Marc D.
AU - Desservettaz, Maximilien J.
AU - Miljevic, Branka
AU - Milic, Andelija
AU - Ristovski, Zoran D.
AU - Alroe, Joel
AU - Cravigan, Luke T.
AU - Rohan Jayaratne, E.
AU - Paton-Walsh, Clare
AU - Griffith, David W. T.
AU - Wilson, Stephen R.
AU - Kettlewell, Graham
AU - Van Der Schoot, Marcel V.
AU - Selleck, Paul
AU - Reisen, Fabienne
AU - Lawson, Sarah J.
AU - Ward, Jason
AU - Harnwell, James
AU - Cheng, Min
AU - Gillett, Rob W.
AU - Molloy, Suzie B.
AU - Howard, Dean
AU - Nelson, Peter F.
AU - Morrison, Anthony L.
AU - Edwards, Grant C.
AU - Williams, Alastair G.
AU - Chambers, Scott D.
AU - Werczynski, Sylvester
AU - Williams, Leah R.
AU - Winton, V. Holly L.
AU - Atkinson, Brad
AU - Wang, Xianyu
AU - Keywood, Melita D.
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PY - 2017/11/17
Y1 - 2017/11/17
N2 - The SAFIRED (Savannah Fires in the Early Dry Season) campaign took place from 29 May until 30 June 2014 at the Australian Tropical Atmospheric Research Station (ATARS) in the Northern Territory, Australia. The purpose of this campaign was to investigate emissions from fires in the early dry season in northern Australia. Measurements were made of biomass burning aerosols, volatile organic compounds, polycyclic aromatic carbons, greenhouse gases, radon, speciated atmospheric mercury and trace metals. Aspects of the biomass burning aerosol emissions investigated included; emission factors of various species, physical and chemical aerosol properties, aerosol aging, micronutrient supply to the ocean, nucleation, and aerosol water uptake. Over the course of the month-long campaign, biomass burning signals were prevalent and emissions from several large single burning events were observed at ATARS.Biomass burning emissions dominated the gas and aerosol concentrations in this region. Dry season fires are extremely frequent and widespread across the northern region of Australia, which suggests that the measured aerosol and gaseous emissions at ATARS are likely representative of signals across the entire region of north Australia. Air mass forward trajectories show that these biomass burning emissions are carried north-west over the Timor Sea and could influence the atmosphere over Indonesia and the tropical atmosphere over the Indian Ocean. Here we present characteristics of the biomass burning observed at the sampling site and provide an overview of the more specific outcomes of the SAFIRED campaign.
AB - The SAFIRED (Savannah Fires in the Early Dry Season) campaign took place from 29 May until 30 June 2014 at the Australian Tropical Atmospheric Research Station (ATARS) in the Northern Territory, Australia. The purpose of this campaign was to investigate emissions from fires in the early dry season in northern Australia. Measurements were made of biomass burning aerosols, volatile organic compounds, polycyclic aromatic carbons, greenhouse gases, radon, speciated atmospheric mercury and trace metals. Aspects of the biomass burning aerosol emissions investigated included; emission factors of various species, physical and chemical aerosol properties, aerosol aging, micronutrient supply to the ocean, nucleation, and aerosol water uptake. Over the course of the month-long campaign, biomass burning signals were prevalent and emissions from several large single burning events were observed at ATARS.Biomass burning emissions dominated the gas and aerosol concentrations in this region. Dry season fires are extremely frequent and widespread across the northern region of Australia, which suggests that the measured aerosol and gaseous emissions at ATARS are likely representative of signals across the entire region of north Australia. Air mass forward trajectories show that these biomass burning emissions are carried north-west over the Timor Sea and could influence the atmosphere over Indonesia and the tropical atmosphere over the Indian Ocean. Here we present characteristics of the biomass burning observed at the sampling site and provide an overview of the more specific outcomes of the SAFIRED campaign.
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UR - http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP120100126
U2 - 10.5194/acp-17-13681-2017
DO - 10.5194/acp-17-13681-2017
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85016329336
VL - 17
SP - 13681
EP - 13697
JO - Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
JF - Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
SN - 1680-7316
IS - 22
ER -