A quadcopter unmanned aerial system (UAS)-based methodology for measuring biomass burning emission factors

Vernooij, Roland; Winiger, Patrik; Wooster, Martin; Strydom, Tercia; Poulain, Laurent; Dusek, Ulrike; Grosvenor, Mark; Roberts, Gareth J.; Schutgens, Nick; van der Werf, Guido R.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-15-4271-2022

Articles | Volume 15, issue 14

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-15-4271-2022

© Author(s) 2022. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-15-4271-2022

© Author(s) 2022. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 15, issue 14

Research article

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27 Jul 2022

Research article |

| 27 Jul 2022

A quadcopter unmanned aerial system (UAS)-based methodology for measuring biomass burning emission factors

Roland Vernooij, Patrik Winiger, Martin Wooster, Tercia Strydom, Laurent Poulain, Ulrike Dusek, Mark Grosvenor, Gareth J. Roberts, Nick Schutgens, and Guido R. van der Werf

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Preprint (discussion started on 11 Mar 2022)

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RC1:
'Comment on amt-2022-77', Anonymous Referee #1, 11 Apr 2022

The comment was uploaded in the form of a supplement: https://amt.copernicus.org/preprints/amt-2022-77/amt-2022-77-RC1-supplement.pdf

Citation: https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-2022-77-RC1
- AC1: 'Reply on RC1 and RC2', Roland Vernooij, 31 May 2022
  
  We thank both reviewers and the editor for their time and effort in assessing our manuscript, and the detailed and constructive comments which helped to improve the quality and clarity of this paper. Please find below our point-to-point response to the review. The revised text and updated figures are included in the updated manuscript. A separate ‘track-changes’ document is included to highlight the changes that were made to the manuscript. The text in italics below refers to the original reviewer remarks.
  
  Citation: https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-2022-77-AC1
RC2:
'Comment on amt-2022-77', Anonymous Referee #2, 13 Apr 2022

The comment was uploaded in the form of a supplement: https://amt.copernicus.org/preprints/amt-2022-77/amt-2022-77-RC2-supplement.pdf

Citation: https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-2022-77-RC2
- AC1: 'Reply on RC1 and RC2', Roland Vernooij, 31 May 2022
  
  We thank both reviewers and the editor for their time and effort in assessing our manuscript, and the detailed and constructive comments which helped to improve the quality and clarity of this paper. Please find below our point-to-point response to the review. The revised text and updated figures are included in the updated manuscript. A separate ‘track-changes’ document is included to highlight the changes that were made to the manuscript. The text in italics below refers to the original reviewer remarks.
  
  Citation: https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-2022-77-AC1

Peer review completion

AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision | EF: Editorial file upload

AR by Roland Vernooij on behalf of the Authors (11 Jun 2022) Author's response Manuscript

EF by Polina Shvedko (13 Jun 2022) Author's tracked changes

ED: Publish as is (15 Jun 2022) by Glenn Wolfe

AR by Roland Vernooij on behalf of the Authors (01 Jul 2022)

Short summary

Landscape fires are a substantial emitter of greenhouse gases and aerosols. Previous studies have indicated savanna emission factors to be highly variable. Improving fire emission estimates, and understanding future climate- and human-induced changes in fire regimes, requires in situ measurements. We present a drone-based method that enables the collection of a large amount of high-quality emission factor measurements that do not have the biases of aircraft or surface measurements.