Session 8A Wildfire Impacts

Tuesday, 14 January 2025: 4:30 PM-6:00 PM
232 (New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
Hosts: (Joint between the 27th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry; and the 17th Symposium on Aerosol Cloud Climate Interactions )
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Wildfires have become a global concern, posing significant threats to ecosystems, human health, and economies. This session aims to explore on various aspects of wildfires, including the characteristics of wildfires, the associated impacts on air quality, ecosystem biogeochemistry, hydrology, atmospheric feedbacks, and innovative strategies for prevention, preparedness, and response.

Papers:
4:30 PM
8A.1
Biomass Burning Influence on Tropospheric Ozone from Recent Field Studies (Invited Presentation)
Steven S. Brown, ; and K. Zuraski, J. Peischl, W. Chace, N. Schafer, X. Ren, P. Stratton, A. Rollins, E. Waxman, M. M. Coggon, C. Warneke, K. Bates, M. A. Robinson, C. Jernigan, A. Middlebrook, B. Carroll, S. Baidar, W. A. Brewer, and M. W. Holloway

4:45 PM
8A.2
Wildland Fire Smoke and Anthropogenic Urban VOC Profiles Downwind of Wildfires from 2023-2024
Crystal D McClure, Sonoma Technology, Petaluma, CA; and A. Anderson, O. S. Ryder, Y. Hameed, S. Y. Wu, R. Reyes, S. Knapp, L. Adame, P. Nowinski, and M. Black

5:00 PM
8A.3
5:15 PM
8A.4
Evaluating Estimation Methods for Wildfire Smoke and Their Implications for Assessing Health Effects
Minghao Qiu, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, CA; and M. M. Kelp, S. Heft-Neal, X. Jin, C. Gould, D. Tong, and M. burke

5:30 PM
8A.5
Assessment of Wildfire-Related Air Quality Exposures in the Built Environment and the Related Impacts on Older Adult Health in California
Forrest Lacey, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and A. Fagerson, D. Abramson, J. Crooks, D. Eisenman, C. He, R. Kumar, K. Lynch, A. Merdjanoff, S. Miller, H. Ngo, Y. S. Park, and A. Vaidyanathan

5:45 PM
8A.6
Global Expansion of Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) and Wui Fires and the Impact of Wui Fires on Global Air Quality (Invited Presentation)
Wenfu Tang, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and L. K. Emmons, C. Wiedinmyer, D. B. Partha, Y. Huang, Ph.D., C. He, J. Zhang, K. Barsanti, B. Gaubert, D. S. Jo, R. R. Buchholz, S. Tilmes, C. Granier, F. Vitt, H. Worden, and P. F. Levelt

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