Characterising Brazilian biomass burning emissions using WRF-Chem with MOSAIC sectional aerosol

Archer-Nicholls, S.; Lowe, D.; Darbyshire, E.; Morgan, W. T.; Bela, M. M.; Pereira, G.; Trembath, J.; Kaiser, J. W.; Longo, K. M.; Freitas, S. R.; Coe, H.; McFiggans, G.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-8-549-2015

Articles | Volume 8, issue 3

https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-8-549-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-8-549-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 8, issue 3

Development and technical paper

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12 Mar 2015

Development and technical paper |

| 12 Mar 2015

Characterising Brazilian biomass burning emissions using WRF-Chem with MOSAIC sectional aerosol

S. Archer-Nicholls, D. Lowe, E. Darbyshire, W. T. Morgan, M. M. Bela, G. Pereira, J. Trembath, J. W. Kaiser, K. M. Longo, S. R. Freitas, H. Coe, and G. McFiggans

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RC C2018: 'Ref. Characterizing Brazilian biomass burning emissions... : Archer-Nicholls et al', Anonymous Referee #1, 17 Oct 2014
- AC C3036: 'Reply to Anon Reviewer # 1', Scott Archer-Nicholls, 21 Jan 2015
RC C2139: 'gmd-2014-170 review', Anonymous Referee #2, 26 Oct 2014
- AC C3038: 'Reply to Anon Reviewer # 2', Scott Archer-Nicholls, 21 Jan 2015
RC C2168: 'Review of “Characterizing Brazilian biomass burning emissions using WRF-Chem with MOSAIC sectional aerosol” by Archer-Nicholls et al.', Anonymous Referee #3, 27 Oct 2014
- AC C3039: 'Reply to Anon Reviewer # 3', Scott Archer-Nicholls, 21 Jan 2015
  - AC C3248: 'Reply to gmdd-7-C2168-2014 (correction)', Scott Archer-Nicholls, 03 Feb 2015
RC C2217: 'Reviewer comments', Jeffrey Reid, 09 Nov 2014
- AC C3040: 'Reply to referee J. Reid', Scott Archer-Nicholls, 21 Jan 2015
RC C2289: 'Review to "Characterising Brazilian biomass burning emissions using WRF-Chem with MOSAIC sectional aerosol" by Archer-Nicholls et al.', Anonymous Referee #5, 13 Nov 2014
- AC C3041: 'Reply to Anon Reviewer # 5', Scott Archer-Nicholls, 21 Jan 2015

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

AR by Scott Archer-Nicholls on behalf of the Authors (31 Jan 2015) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (06 Feb 2015) by Jason Williams

AR by Scott Archer-Nicholls on behalf of the Authors (07 Feb 2015)

Short summary

The regional WRF-Chem model was used to study aerosol particles from biomass burning in South America. The modelled estimates of fire plume injection heights were found to be too high, with serious implications for modelled aerosol vertical distribution, transport and impacts on local climate. A modified emission scenario was developed which improved the predicted injection height. Model results were compared and evaluated against in situ measurements from the 2012 SAMBBA flight campaign.