Nature Communications (Jan 2016)
A pervasive role for biomass burning in tropical high ozone/low water structures
- Daniel C. Anderson,
- Julie M. Nicely,
- Ross J. Salawitch,
- Timothy P. Canty,
- Russell R. Dickerson,
- Thomas F. Hanisco,
- Glenn M. Wolfe,
- Eric C. Apel,
- Elliot Atlas,
- Thomas Bannan,
- Stephane Bauguitte,
- Nicola J. Blake,
- James F. Bresch,
- Teresa L. Campos,
- Lucy J. Carpenter,
- Mark D. Cohen,
- Mathew Evans,
- Rafael P. Fernandez,
- Brian H. Kahn,
- Douglas E. Kinnison,
- Samuel R. Hall,
- Neil R.P. Harris,
- Rebecca S. Hornbrook,
- Jean-Francois Lamarque,
- Michael Le Breton,
- James D. Lee,
- Carl Percival,
- Leonhard Pfister,
- R. Bradley Pierce,
- Daniel D. Riemer,
- Alfonso Saiz-Lopez,
- Barbara J.B. Stunder,
- Anne M. Thompson,
- Kirk Ullmann,
- Adam Vaughan,
- Andrew J. Weinheimer
Affiliations
- Daniel C. Anderson
- Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Science, University of Maryland
- Julie M. Nicely
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Maryland
- Ross J. Salawitch
- Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Science, University of Maryland
- Timothy P. Canty
- Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Science, University of Maryland
- Russell R. Dickerson
- Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Science, University of Maryland
- Thomas F. Hanisco
- NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
- Glenn M. Wolfe
- NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
- Eric C. Apel
- Atmospheric Chemistry Observation and Modeling Laboratory, National Center for Atmospheric Research
- Elliot Atlas
- Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, University of Miami
- Thomas Bannan
- Centre for Atmospheric Science, School of Earth, Atmospheric, and Environmental Science, The University of Manchester
- Stephane Bauguitte
- Facility for Airborne Atmospheric Measurements
- Nicola J. Blake
- Deparment of Chemistry, University of California
- James F. Bresch
- Mesoscale and Microscale Meteorology Laboratory, National Center for Atmospheric Research
- Teresa L. Campos
- Atmospheric Chemistry Observation and Modeling Laboratory, National Center for Atmospheric Research
- Lucy J. Carpenter
- Department of Chemistry, Wolfson Atmospheric Chemistry Laboratories, University of York
- Mark D. Cohen
- NOAA Air Resources Laboratory
- Mathew Evans
- Department of Chemistry, Wolfson Atmospheric Chemistry Laboratories, University of York
- Rafael P. Fernandez
- Department of Atmospheric Chemistry and Climate, Institute of Physical Chemistry Rocasolano, CSIC
- Brian H. Kahn
- Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology
- Douglas E. Kinnison
- Atmospheric Chemistry Observation and Modeling Laboratory, National Center for Atmospheric Research
- Samuel R. Hall
- Atmospheric Chemistry Observation and Modeling Laboratory, National Center for Atmospheric Research
- Neil R.P. Harris
- Department of Chemistry, Cambridge University
- Rebecca S. Hornbrook
- Atmospheric Chemistry Observation and Modeling Laboratory, National Center for Atmospheric Research
- Jean-Francois Lamarque
- Atmospheric Chemistry Observation and Modeling Laboratory, National Center for Atmospheric Research
- Michael Le Breton
- Centre for Atmospheric Science, School of Earth, Atmospheric, and Environmental Science, The University of Manchester
- James D. Lee
- Department of Chemistry, National Centre for Atmospheric Science, University of York
- Carl Percival
- Centre for Atmospheric Science, School of Earth, Atmospheric, and Environmental Science, The University of Manchester
- Leonhard Pfister
- Earth Sciences Division, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field
- R. Bradley Pierce
- NOAA/NESDIS Center for Satellite Applications and Research
- Daniel D. Riemer
- Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, University of Miami
- Alfonso Saiz-Lopez
- Department of Atmospheric Chemistry and Climate, Institute of Physical Chemistry Rocasolano, CSIC
- Barbara J.B. Stunder
- NOAA Air Resources Laboratory
- Anne M. Thompson
- NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
- Kirk Ullmann
- Atmospheric Chemistry Observation and Modeling Laboratory, National Center for Atmospheric Research
- Adam Vaughan
- Department of Chemistry, National Centre for Atmospheric Science, University of York
- Andrew J. Weinheimer
- Atmospheric Chemistry Observation and Modeling Laboratory, National Center for Atmospheric Research
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms10267
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 7,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 13
Abstract
High ozone and low water structures in the tropical western Pacific are commonly attributed to transport from the stratosphere or mid-latitudes. Here, Anderson et al. show these structures actually result from ozone production in biomass burning plumes and large-scale descent of air within the tropics.
