The 2018 fire season in North America as seen by TROPOMI: aerosol layer height intercomparisons and evaluation of model-derived plume heights

Griffin, Debora; Sioris, Christopher; Chen, Jack; Dickson, Nolan; Kovachik, Andrew; de Graaf, Martin; Nanda, Swadhin; Veefkind, Pepijn; Dammers, Enrico; McLinden, Chris A.; Makar, Paul; Akingunola, Ayodeji

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-1427-2020

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The 2018 fire season in North America as seen by TROPOMI: aerosol layer height intercomparisons and evaluation of model-derived plume heights

Debora Griffin, Christopher Sioris, Jack Chen, Nolan Dickson, Andrew Kovachik, Martin de Graaf, Swadhin Nanda, Pepijn Veefkind, Enrico Dammers, Chris A. McLinden, Paul Makar, and Ayodeji Akingunola

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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-1427-2020-supplement

Data sets

CALIPSO Lidar Level 2 5 km Aerosol Layer Data V4-20 D. Winker https://doi.org/10.5067/caliop/calipso/lid_l2_05kmalay-standard-v4-20

Short summary

This study looks into validating the aerosol layer height product from the recently launched TROPOspheric Monitoring Instrument (TROPOMI) for forest fire plume through comparisons with two other satellite products, and interpreting differences due to the individual measurement techniques. These satellite observations are compared to predicted plume heights from Environment and Climate Change's air quality forecast model.