Biomass Burning Over the United States East Coast and Western North Atlantic Ocean: Implications for Clouds and Air Quality

• Published in: Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres
• Main Authors: Mardi, Ali Hossein, Dadashazar, Hossein, Painemal, David, Shingler, Taylor, Seaman, Shane T., Fenn, Marta A., Hostetler, Chris A., Sorooshian, Armin
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: American Geophysical Union 2021
• Subjects: biomass burning; smoke; HSRL; aerosol-cloud interaction; Merra; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10919/118163; https://doi.org/10.1029/2021JD034916

Biomass burning (BB) aerosol events were characterized over the U.S. East Coast and Bermuda over the western North Atlantic Ocean (WNAO) between 2005 and 2018 using a combination of ground-based observations, satellite data, and model outputs. Days with BB influence in an atmospheric column (BB days...