Emissions relationships in western forest fire plumes – Part 1: Reducing the effect of mixing errors on emission factors

Chatfield, Robert B.; Andreae, Meinrat O.; ARCTAS Science Team,; SEAC4RS Science Team,

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-7069-2020

Articles | Volume 13, issue 12

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-7069-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-7069-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 13, issue 12

Research article

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23 Dec 2020

Research article |

| 23 Dec 2020

Emissions relationships in western forest fire plumes – Part 1: Reducing the effect of mixing errors on emission factors

Robert B. Chatfield, Meinrat O. Andreae, ARCTAS Science Team, and SEAC4RS Science Team

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AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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RC1: 'Anonymous review of manuscript "Emissions Relationships in Western Forest Fire Plumes: I. Reducing the Effect of Mixing Errors on Emission Factors"', Anonymous Referee #1, 04 Oct 2019
- AC1: 'Response to Reviewer #1 ... Readable full comments are forwarded pdf's as a complete table', Robert Chatfield, 14 Apr 2020
RC2: 'Review', Anonymous Referee #2, 04 Feb 2020
- AC2: 'Response to Reviewer #2 ... Readable full comments are forwarded pdf's as a complete table', Robert Chatfield, 14 Apr 2020

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

AR by Robert Chatfield on behalf of the Authors (20 Apr 2020) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (22 May 2020) by Eric C. Apel

RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (19 Jun 2020)

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (17 Jul 2020) by Eric C. Apel

AR by Robert Chatfield on behalf of the Authors (12 Aug 2020) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (25 Aug 2020) by Eric C. Apel

AR by Robert Chatfield on behalf of the Authors (26 Aug 2020) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (29 Aug 2020) by Eric C. Apel

AR by Robert Chatfield on behalf of the Authors (17 Sep 2020) Author's response Manuscript

Short summary

Forest burning affects air pollution and global climate. A NASA aircraft studied fire emissions including the Rim Fire near Yosemite. We found frequent confusions between the actual fire emission factors and other effects on the air samples. Effects on CO₂ and CO can originate far upwind; the gases can mix variably into a smoke plume. We devised a theory of constant features in plumes. A statistical mixed-effects analysis of a co-emitted tracers model disentangles such mixing from fire effects.