Multiparameter Detection of Summer Open Fire Emissions: The Case Study of GAW Regional Observatory of Lamezia Terme (Southern Italy)

Luana Malacaria; Domenico Parise; Teresa Lo Feudo; Elenio Avolio; Ivano Ammoscato; Daniel Gullì; Salvatore Sinopoli; Paolo Cristofanelli; Mariafrancesca De Pino; Francesco D’Amico; Claudia Roberta Calidonna

doi:10.3390/fire7060198

Fire (Jun 2024)

Multiparameter Detection of Summer Open Fire Emissions: The Case Study of GAW Regional Observatory of Lamezia Terme (Southern Italy)

Luana Malacaria,
Domenico Parise,
Teresa Lo Feudo,
Elenio Avolio,
Ivano Ammoscato,
Daniel Gullì,
Salvatore Sinopoli,
Paolo Cristofanelli,
Mariafrancesca De Pino,
Francesco D’Amico,
Claudia Roberta Calidonna

Affiliations

Luana Malacaria: Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate of National Research Council, Area Industriale Comp. 15, I-88046 Lamezia Terme, CZ, Italy
Domenico Parise: Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate of National Research Council, Area Industriale Comp. 15, I-88046 Lamezia Terme, CZ, Italy
Teresa Lo Feudo: Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate of National Research Council, Area Industriale Comp. 15, I-88046 Lamezia Terme, CZ, Italy
Elenio Avolio: Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate of National Research Council, Area Industriale Comp. 15, I-88046 Lamezia Terme, CZ, Italy
Ivano Ammoscato: Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate of National Research Council, Area Industriale Comp. 15, I-88046 Lamezia Terme, CZ, Italy
Daniel Gullì: Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate of National Research Council, Area Industriale Comp. 15, I-88046 Lamezia Terme, CZ, Italy
Salvatore Sinopoli: Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate of National Research Council, Area Industriale Comp. 15, I-88046 Lamezia Terme, CZ, Italy
Paolo Cristofanelli: Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate of National Research Council, Via P. Gobetti 101, I-40129 Bologna, BO, Italy
Mariafrancesca De Pino: Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate of National Research Council, Area Industriale Comp. 15, I-88046 Lamezia Terme, CZ, Italy
Francesco D’Amico: Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate of National Research Council, Area Industriale Comp. 15, I-88046 Lamezia Terme, CZ, Italy
Claudia Roberta Calidonna: Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate of National Research Council, Area Industriale Comp. 15, I-88046 Lamezia Terme, CZ, Italy

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/fire7060198
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 7, no. 6
p. 198

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In Southern Mediterranean regions, the issue of summer fires related to agriculture practices is a periodic recurrence. It implies a significant increase in carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions and other combustion-related gaseous and particles compounds emitted into the atmosphere with potential impacts on air quality and global climate. In this work, we performed an analysis of summer fire events that occurred on August 2021. Measurements were carried out at the permanent World Meteorological Organization (WMO)/Global Atmosphere Watch (GAW) station of Lamezia Terme (Code: LMT) in Calabria, Southern Italy. The observatory is equipped with greenhouse gases and black carbon analyzers, an atmospheric particulate impactor system, and a meteo-station for atmospheric parameters to characterize atmospheric mechanisms and transport for land and sea breezes occurrences. High mole fractions of carbon monoxide (CO) and carbon dioxide (CO2) coming from quadrants of inland areas were correlated with fire counts detected via the MODIS satellite (GFED-Global Fire Emissions Database) at 1 km of spatial resolution. In comparison with the typical summer values, higher CO and CO2 were observed in August 2021. Furthermore, the growth in CO concentration values in the tropospheric column was also highlighted by the analyses of the L2 products of the Copernicus SP5 satellite. Wind fields were reconstructed via a Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) output, the latter suggesting a possible contribution from open fire events observed at the inland region near the observatory. So far, there have been no documented estimates of the effect of prescribed burning on carbon emissions in this region. This study suggested that data collected at the LMT station can be useful in recognizing and consequently quantifying emission sources related to open fires.

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ISSN: 2571-6255 (Online)
Publisher: MDPI AG
Country of publisher: Switzerland
LCC subjects: Science: Physics
Website: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/fire

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