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

Articles | Volume 13, issue 3

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

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30 Mar 2020

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| 30 Mar 2020

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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RC1: 'The 2018 fire season in North America as seen from TROPOMI', Anonymous Referee #1, 16 Nov 2019
- AC1: 'response to RC1', Debora Griffin, 31 Jan 2020
RC2: 'Review TROPOMI ALH evaluation', Anonymous Referee #2, 03 Dec 2019
- AC2: 'response to RC2', Debora Griffin, 31 Jan 2020
RC3: 'TROPOMI smoke aerosol layer height validation', Anonymous Referee #3, 17 Dec 2019
- AC3: 'response to RC3', Debora Griffin, 31 Jan 2020

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

AR by Debora Griffin on behalf of the Authors (31 Jan 2020) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (10 Feb 2020) by Hartmut Boesch

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ED: Publish as is (15 Feb 2020) by Hartmut Boesch

AR by Debora Griffin on behalf of the Authors (18 Feb 2020)

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.