Publication Date:
2019
Description:
〈b〉Evaluating wildfire emissions projection methods in comparisons of
simulated and observed air quality〈/b〉〈br〉
Uma Shankar, Donald McKenzie, Jeffrey P. Prestemon, Bok Haeng Baek, Mohammed Omary, Dongmei Yang, Aijun Xiu, Kevin Talgo, and William Vizuete〈br〉
Atmos. Chem. Phys. Discuss., https//doi.org/10.5194/acp-2018-1296,2019〈br〉
〈b〉Manuscript under review for ACP〈/b〉 (discussion: open, 0 comments)〈br〉
We evaluate two wildfire emissions estimates for the Southeastern U. S. based on projected annual areas burned in 2011–2060, against a benchmark wildfire inventory in air quality (AQ) simulations for 2010, and against AQ network observations. Our emissions estimates compare well with the benchmark but all three simulations have large biases compared to observations. We find our methods suitable to assess current and future wildfire AQ impacts, but also identify areas for AQ model improvements.
Print ISSN:
1680-7316
Electronic ISSN:
1680-7324
Topics:
Geosciences
