2017FifthWorkshopofInterdisciplinaryBiomassBurningInitiative(IBBI)

JohannesW.Kaiser,Melita Keywood andMeganL.MelamedMPIforChemistry,CSIROClimateScienceCentreandIGACProjectOffice

GEIAConference,Hamburg,September2017

o FourbigfieldcampaignsinUSduring2018-2022

1. Characterisefirealongwithsmoke!

2. Invitescientistsfromabroadtocampaignbases!

InterdisciplinaryBiomassBurningInitiative(IBBI)

§ fundedin2012,endorsedbyIGAC,iLEAPS andWMO§ Primarygoal: improve atmosphericcompositionandairquality

monitoringandforecastingthroughbetterscientificunderstandingofprocesses aroundbiomassburning.

science-driven,application-oriented§ Approach: instigatenewinterdisciplinaryresearchthroughworkshops

&conferencesessions

5th Workshop:10-11June2017

HowcanthebigUSfieldcampaignsbecomemostbeneficialfor

u globalbiomassburningresearchand

u operationalforecastingofsmokeemissionsandatmosphericcomposition?

§ fundedby

Background:IBBIandworkshop

§

UScampaigns:Scales

SpatialScale

Smokechemistry

Firebehavior

Fuels

Plumedynamics

FASMEE

FIREX

RxCADRESERDP

FIREChem

RxCADRE

basedonslidebyN.French

NOAANASAWECANNOAA,NSF

NOAA,NASA

Integratedexperimentwithsharingofresources

DLRBonn

slidebyN.French

FIREX:Firstresultsfromfirelab

PonderosaPineversusManzanitaMan

zanita

High-temperature Low-temperature

Ponderosapine Ponderosapine

DifferentfuelsemitsimilarcompoundsatsimilartemperaturesslidesbyC.Warneke

SupportingearlierfindingsbyBBOP(2013)

[Collieretal.2016]

LowMCEà greaterPOAandoxygenatedVOCsemissions(greaterSOAformation)MBOandG1dataoverlapà AginghaslittleinfluenceonBBOAenhancement

MBO 2700m.a.s.l.

Smoldering Flaming G-1Aircraft

BBO

A Em

issi

on

Modified Combustion EfficiencyBB

OA

Emis

sion

Modified Combustion Efficiency

BBO

A Em

issi

on

Modified Combustion Efficiency

Aged(6– 48hr)

Younger(<1– 11hr)

Regional BBOA Enhancement Driven by Burn Efficiency BBOA Chemistry is Driven by Atmospheric Aging

BBOAEnhancem

ent

OAenhancement=ΔOrg/Δ(CO+CO2)MCE=ΔCO2/Δ(CO+CO2)

Collieretal.,ES&T,2016

slidebyA.Sedlacek

§ NewFireRadiativePowerobservationsfromsatellites:u Himawari-8,GOES-R(GEO)u VIIRS,Sentinel-3(LEO):+firetemperatureandareaatnight!

Satelliteobservationsandoperationalforecasting

SnakeRidgeWildfireonJune05-06.TheimageproducedbyTimSchmit,wholeadstheGOES-RImageryTeam.

§ USNRL,CopernicusAtmosphereMonitoringService,ASMC,AustraliaAirQualityForecasting

§ Smokeemission:increasinglydrivenbyFireRadiativePowerobservations

slidebyC.Gan

s

Operationalforecasting

• PredictionofbiomassburningsmokehazeaffectingtheASEANregion

• EstimatedsurfacePM10 concentrationovera24-hourperiodfrom00to24UTCat3-hourlyintervals

• Productgenerallyupdatedby00UTCeachday,dependingonnumberoffiresandavailableinputs

Prototypeoutput

http://www.weather.gov.sg/files/msscommunity/asmc/index.html

LargeunitburnexamplefromJune,2016—FishlakeNF

1. Characterisefirealongwithsmoke!2. Invitescientistsfromabroadtocampaignbases!

Conclusions

IBBIhomepage§ http://www.mpic.de/forschung/atmosphaerenchemie/gruppe

-kaiser/ibbi.htmlWorkshopsummary§ upcomingIGACnewsletterUSFieldCampaigns§ https://www.esrl.noaa.gov/csd/projects/firex§ https://espo.nasa.gov/firechem§ https://www.eol.ucar.edu/field_projects/we-can§ https://www.fasmee.netAtmosphericcompositionforecastingwithsmoke§ http://atmosphere.copernicus.eu

References,additionalinfo