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Griffin, Debora, Sioris, Christopher, Jack Chen, Dickson, Nolan, Kovachik, Andrew, de Graaf, Martin, Nanda, Swadhin, Veefkind, Pepijn, Dammers, Enrico, McLinden, Chris A., Makar, Paul, Akingunola, Ayodeji |
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Atmospheric Measurement Techniques Discussions; 2019, p1-30, 30p |
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Before the launch of TROPOMI, only two other satellite instruments were able to observe aerosol plume heights globally, MISR and CALIOP. The TROPOMI aerosol layer height is a potential game changer, since it has daily global coverage and the aerosol layer height retrieval is available in near-real time. The aerosol layer height can be useful for aviation and air quality alerts, as well as for improving air quality forecasting related to wildfires. Here, TROPOMI's aerosol layer height product is evaluated with MISR and CALIOP observations for wildfire plumes in North America for the 2018 fire season (June to August). Further, observing system simulation experiments were performed to interpret the fundamental differences between the different products. The results show that MISR and TROPOMI are, in theory, very close for aerosol profiles with single plumes. For more complex profiles with multiple plumes, however, different plume heights are retrieved: the MISR plume height represents the top layer, and the plume height retrieved with TROPOMI tends to be an average altitude of several plume layers. The comparison between TROPOMI and MISR plume heights shows, that on average, the TROPOMI aerosol layer heights are lower, by approximately 600 m, compared to MISR which is likely due to the different measurement techniques. From the comparison to CALIOP, our results show that the TROPOMI aerosol layer height is more accurate for thicker plumes and plumes below approximately 4.5 km. MISR and TROPOMI are further used to evaluate the plume height of Environment and Climate Change Canada's operational forecasting system FireWork with fire plume injection height estimates from the Canadian Forest Fire Emissions Prediction System (CFFEPS). The modelled plume heights are similar compared to the satellite observations, but tend to be slightly higher with average differences of 270-580 m and 60-320 m compared to TROPOMI and MISR, respectively. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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Complementary Index |
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