Satellite Evidence of HONO/NO2 Increase With Fire Radiative Power

CD Fredrickson, N Theys… - Geophysical Research …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Wildfires are important sources of atmospheric reactive nitrogen. The reactive nitrogen
species partitioning generally depends on fire characteristics. One reactive nitrogen …

[HTML][HTML] Estimation of biomass burning emission of and from 2019–2020 Australia fires based on satellite observations

N Wan, X Xiong, GJ Kluitenberg… - Atmospheric …, 2023 - acp.copernicus.org
The bushfires that occurred in Australia in late 2019 and early 2020 were unprecedented in
terms of their scale, intensity, and impacts. Using nitrogen dioxide (NO 2) and carbon …

24 h Evolution of an Exceptional HONO Plume Emitted by the Record-Breaking 2019/2020 Australian Wildfire Tracked from Space

G Dufour, M Eremenko, G Siour, P Sellitto, J Cuesta… - Atmosphere, 2022 - mdpi.com
Megafires occurred in Australia during the 2019/2020 bushfire season, leading to enhanced
concentrations of many tropospheric pollutants. Here, we report on a fire plume with …

Emissions of reactive nitrogen from western US wildfires during summer 2018

J Lindaas, IB Pollack, LA Garofalo… - Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Reactive nitrogen (Nr) within smoke plumes plays important roles in the production of ozone,
the formation of secondary aerosols, and deposition of fixed N to ecosystems. The Western …

Direct estimates of biomass burning NOx emissions and lifetimes using daily observations from TROPOMI

X Jin, Q Zhu, RC Cohen - Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 2021 - acp.copernicus.org
Biomass burning emits an estimated 25% of global annual nitrogen oxides (NO x), an
important constituent that participates in the oxidative chemistry of the atmosphere …

Global nitrous acid emissions and levels of regional oxidants enhanced by wildfires

N Theys, R Volkamer, JF Müller, KJ Zarzana… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Nitrous acid (HONO) is a precursor of the hydroxyl radical in the atmosphere, which controls
the degradation of greenhouse gases, contributes to photochemical smog and ozone …

The empirical relationship between satellite-derived tropospheric NO2 and fire radiative power and possible implications for fire emission rates of NOx

SF Schreier, A Richter, JW Kaiser… - … Chemistry and Physics, 2014 - acp.copernicus.org
Nitrogen oxides (NO x) play key roles in atmospheric chemistry, air pollution, and climate.
While the largest fraction of these reactive gases is released by anthropogenic emission …

Characterization of wildfire NOx emissions using MODIS fire radiative power and OMI tropospheric NO2 columns

AK Mebust, AR Russell, RC Hudman… - Atmospheric …, 2011 - acp.copernicus.org
We use observations of fire radiative power (FRP) from the Moderate Resolution Imaging
Spectroradiometer~(MODIS) and tropospheric NO 2 column measurements from the Ozone …

Interannual variability of nitrogen oxides emissions from boreal fires in Siberia and Alaska during 1996–2011 as observed from space

H Tanimoto, K Ikeda, KF Boersma… - Environmental …, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
Past studies suggest that forest fires contribute significantly to the formation of ozone in the
troposphere. However, the emissions of ozone precursors from wildfires, and the …

Space-based observations of fire NOx emission coefficients: a global biome-scale comparison

AK Mebust, RC Cohen - Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 2014 - acp.copernicus.org
Biomass burning represents both a significant and highly variable source of NO x to the
atmosphere. This variability stems from both the episodic nature of fires, and from fire …