Session: From Combustion to Composition: New Insights into Smoke Chemistry from WE-CAN, FIREX and Other Recent Efforts—Part IV (99th American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting)

Thursday, 10 January 2019: 3:30 PM-5:00 PM

North 126A (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

Host: 21st Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry

Submitters:

Emily Fischer, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO and Lu Hu, Univ. of Montana, Chemistry and Biochemistry, Missoula, MT

Chair:

Emily V. Fischer, Colorado State Univ., Atmospheric Science, Fort Collins, CO

CoChair:

Lu Hu, Univ. of Montana, Chemistry and Biochemistry, Missoula, MT

Though open fires emit a suite of pollutants into the atmosphere, the chemical and physical processes that dictate the chemical evolution of smoke are only poorly understood. As a result, there have been several recent campaigns focused on particular aspects of the atmospheric evolution of smoke. We welcome presentations that describe recent advances in our understanding of these processes based on field, laboratory or satellite observations. We also welcome modeling studies across various spatial and temporal scales.

Papers:

3:30 PM

13B.1

Carbon-, Oxygen-, and Size-Resolved Model to Simulate the Microphysics, Chemistry, and Thermodynamics of Wildfire Organic Aerosol

Ali Akherati, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and S. H. Jathar, C. Cappa, and J. R. Pierce

Recorded Presentation

3:45 PM

13B.2

Emissions, Transport, and Chemistry of Smoke from the Oct. 2017 Northern California Fires

Megan Marie Bela, NOAA, Boulder, CO; and S. A. McKeen, R. Volkamer, N. Kille, R. Ahmadov, R. B. Pierce, C. C. Schmidt, S. R. Freitas, G. Pereira, M. Trainer, W. M. Angevine, G. J. Frost, C. Wiedinmyer, S. M. O'Neill, X. Zhang, S. Kondragunta, A. Soja, and H. D. Choi

4:00 PM

13B.3

Investigating Biomass Burning Aerosol in North America

Therese (Tess) S. Carter, MIT, Cambridge, MA; and C. L. Heald

Recorded Presentation

4:15 PM

13B.4

Impact of Wildfires on O₃ and PM in the Western U.S

Daniel Jaffe, Univ. of Washington Bothell, Bothell, WA; and J. R. Laing, C. Buysse, H. Gao, C. D. McClure, A. Kaulfus, and U. Nair

Recorded Presentation

4:30 PM

13B.5