HTAP3 Fires: Towards a multi-model, multi-pollutant study of fire impacts
Geoscientific Model Development Discussions
Abstract
Abstract. Open biomass burning has major impacts globally and regionally on atmospheric composition. Fire emissions include particulate matter, tropospheric ozone precursors, greenhouse gases, as well as persistent organic pollutants, mercury and other metals. Fire frequency, intensity, duration, and location are changing as the climate warms, and modelling these fires and their impacts is becoming more and more critical to inform climate adaptation and mitigation, as well as land management. Indeed, the air pollution from fires can reverse the progress made by emission controls on industry and transportation. At the same time, nearly all aspects of fire modelling – such as emissions, plume injection height, long-range transport, and plume chemistry – are highly uncertain. This paper outlines a multi-model, multi-pollutant, multi-regional study to improve the understanding of the uncertainties and variability in fire atmospheric science, models, and fires’ impacts, in addition to providing quantitative estimates of the air pollution and radiative impacts of biomass burning. Coordinated under the auspices of the Task Force on Hemispheric Transport of Air Pollution, the international atmospheric modelling and fire science communities are working towards the common goal of improving global fire modelling and using this multi-model experiment to provide estimates of fire pollution for impact studies. This paper outlines the research needs, opportunities, and options for the fire-focused multi-model experiments and provides guidance for these modelling experiments, outputs, and analysis that are to be pursued over the next 3 to 5 years. It proposes a plan for delivering specific products at key points over this period to meet important milestones relevant to science and policy audiences.
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Cynthia Heather Whaley corresponding
Environment and Climate Change Canada
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Environment and Climate Change Canada (Ottawa, Canada)
Climate Research Division, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Victoria, BC, Canada
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Tim M. Butler corresponding
Research Institute for Sustainability at GFZ
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Research Institute for Sustainability – Helmholtz Centre Potsdam, Germany
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J.A. Adame corresponding
Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial
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Atmospheric Sounding Station, El Arenosillo, National Institute for Aerospace Technology (INTA), Mazagón-Huelva. Spain
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Rupal Ambulkar corresponding
Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology · Savitribai Phule Pune University
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Department of Environmental Sciences, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune, India
Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM), Pune, India
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S. R. Arnold corresponding
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Institute for Climate and Atmospheric Science, School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds, UK
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Rebecca R. Buchholz corresponding
NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research · U.S. National Science Foundation · NSF NCAR Atmospheric Chemistry Observations & Modeling
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Atmospheric Chemistry Observations & Modelling, National Science Foundation (NSF) National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), Boulder, Colorado, 80501, USA
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Benjamin Gaubert corresponding
NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research · U.S. National Science Foundation · NSF NCAR Atmospheric Chemistry Observations & Modeling
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Atmospheric Chemistry Observations & Modelling, National Science Foundation (NSF) National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), Boulder, Colorado, 80501, USA
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Douglas Stephen Hamilton corresponding
North Carolina State University
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Marine, Earth, and Atmospheric Sciences, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA
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Min Huang corresponding
Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center · University of Maryland, College Park
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Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA
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Hayley Hung corresponding
Environment and Climate Change Canada
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Air Quality Processes Research Section, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Toronto, ON, Canada
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Johannes W. Kaiser corresponding
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NILU, Department for Atmospheric and Climate Research, Kjeller, Norway
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Jacek W. Kaminski corresponding
Institute of Environmental Protection
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Institute of Environmental Protection - National Research Institute, Warsaw, Poland
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Christoph Knote corresponding
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Model-based Environmental Exposure Science, Faculty of Medicine, University of Augsburg, Germany
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Gerbrand Koren corresponding
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Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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Jean-Luc Kouakou Kouassi corresponding
Institut National Polytechnique Félix Houphouët-Boigny
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UMRI Sciences Agronomiques et Procédés de Transformation, Institut National Polytechnique Félix Houphouët-Boigny (INP-HB), Yamoussoukro, Côte d’Ivoire
UMRI Sciences Agronomiques et Procédés de Transformation, Institut National Polytechnique Félix Houphouët-Boigny (INP-HB), Yamoussoukro, Côte d'Ivoire
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Meiyun Lin corresponding
NOAA Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory
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NOAA Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory, Princeton, New Jersey, USA
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Tianjia Liu corresponding
University of California, Irvine
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Department of Earth System Science, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA
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Jianmin Ma corresponding
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College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University, China
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Kasemsan Manomaiphiboon corresponding
Joint Graduate School of Energy and Environment · King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi
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The Joint Graduate School of Energy and Environment, King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi, Bangkok, Thailand
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Elisa Bergas‐Massó corresponding
Barcelona Supercomputing Center · Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
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Barcelona Supercomputing Center, Barcelona, Spain
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain
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J. L. McCarty corresponding
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NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA, USA
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Mariano Mertens corresponding
Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e. V. (DLR)
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Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt, Institut für Physik der Atmosphäre, Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany
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Mark Parrington corresponding
European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts
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European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts, Bonn, Germany
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Space Research Organisation Netherlands
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Netherlands Institute for Space Research (SRON), Leiden, The Netherlands
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Pallavi Saxena corresponding
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Department of Environmental Science, Hindu College, University of Delhi, Delhi, India
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Saurabh Sonwani corresponding
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Department of Environmental Studies, Zakir Husain Delhi College, University of Delhi, New Delhi, India
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Vanisa Surapipith corresponding
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Hub of Talents on Air Pollution and Climate (HTAPC), Thammasat University, Pathum Thani, Thailand
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D. Tan corresponding
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology · University of Edinburgh
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School of Chemistry, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Edinburgh, UK
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Wenfu Tang corresponding
NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research · U.S. National Science Foundation · NSF NCAR Atmospheric Chemistry Observations & Modeling
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Atmospheric Chemistry Observations & Modelling, National Science Foundation (NSF) National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), Boulder, Colorado, 80501, USA
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Veerachai Tanpipat corresponding
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WFSRU Kasetsart University, Thailand
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Kostas Tsigaridis corresponding
Goddard Institute for Space Studies · Columbia University
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Center for Climate Systems Research, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, New York, NY, USA
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Christine Wiedinmyer corresponding
Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences · University of Colorado Boulder
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Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder
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Oliver Wild corresponding
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Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University, Lancaster, UK
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Yuanyu Xie corresponding
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Center for Policy Research on Energy and Environment, School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA
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Paquita Zuidema corresponding
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Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Rosenstiel School, University of Miami, Miami, FL
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