Regional aerosol optical thickness distribution derived by CMAQ model in the Siberian forest fire emission episode of may 2003

Hee Jin In, Yong Pyo Kim, Kwon Ho Lee

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Abstract

The enhancement of aerosol optical thickness (AOT) for a forest fire episode was examined by Community Multi-scale Air Quality (CMAQ) model. MODIS/TERRA remote detects of fires in Siberia boreal forest, northern China and Mongolia for May 2003 gives a constraint for estimation of wildfire emissions with an NDVI distribution for recent five years. The simulated wildfire plumes and enhancement of AOT were evaluated and well resolved by comparing multiple satellite observations such as MODIS, TOMS, GOME, and others. In the fire burning area, the AOT value reached to exceeding 2.0 in monthly mean scale. Scatter plot of observed daily mean aerosol extinction coefficient versus PM10 concentration in ground level in Korea showed distinctive linear regressions and correlation coefficients depending on the ambient relative humidity.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationNATO Science for Peace and Security Series C
Subtitle of host publicationEnvironmental Security
PublisherSpringer Verlag
Pages118-126
Number of pages9
DOIs
StatePublished - 2008

Publication series

NameNATO Science for Peace and Security Series C: Environmental Security
ISSN (Print)1874-6519

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
This work was supported by the Korea Research Foundation Grant funded by Korea Government (MOEHRD, Basic Research Promotion Fund) (KRF-2005-050-C00013) and Climate Environment System Research Center, an SRC program and National Research Laboratory (No. R0A-2006-000-10221-0) program, both funded by Korea Science and Engineering Foundation. We thank AERONET program investigators and staffs for establishing and maintaining the Aeronet sites used in this investigation. NASA and KNMI are acknowledged for providing the satellite data used in this study.

Funding Information:
Acknowledgments This work was supported by the Korea Research Foundation Grant funded by Korea Government (MOEHRD, Basic Research Promotion Fund) (KRF-2005-050-C00013) and Climate Environment System Research Center, an SRC program and National Research Laboratory (No. R0A-2006-000-10221-0) program, both funded by Korea Science and Engineering Foundation. We thank AERONET program investigators and staffs for establishing and maintaining the Aeronet sites used in this investigation. NASA and KNMI are acknowledged for providing the satellite data used in this study.

Publisher Copyright:
© Springer Science + Business Media B.V. 2008.

Keywords

  • Aerosol optical thickness
  • CMAQ model
  • Russian forest fire
  • Satellite fire product

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