Publication Date:
2017-02-22
Description:
Impacts of the July 2012 Siberian fire plume on air quality in the Pacific Northwest Andrew D. Teakles, Rita So, Bruce Ainslie, Robert Nissen, Corinne Schiller, Roxanne Vingarzan, Ian McKendry, Anne Marie Macdonald, Daniel A. Jaffe, Allan K. Bertram, Kevin B. Strawbridge, W. Richard Leaitch, Sarah Hanna, Desiree Toom, Jonathan Baik, and Lin Huang Atmos. Chem. Phys., 17, 2593-2611, doi:10.5194/acp-17-2593-2017, 2017 We present a case study of an intense wildfire smoke plume from Siberia that affected the air quality across the Pacific Northwest on 6–10 July 2012. The transport, entrainment, and chemical composition of the plume are examined to characterize the event. Ambient O 3 and PM 2.5 from surface monitoring is contrast to modelled baseline air quality estimates to show the overall contribution of the plume to exceedances in O 3 and PM 2.5 air quality standards and objectives that occurred.
Print ISSN:
1680-7316
Electronic ISSN:
1680-7324
Topics:
Geosciences
