Cloud processing and weeklong ageing affect biomass burning aerosol properties over the south-eastern Atlantic

Haochi Che; Michal Segal-Rozenhaimer; Lu Zhang; Caroline Dang; Paquita Zuidema; Amie Dobracki; Arthur J. Sedlacek; Hugh Coe; Huihui Wu; Jonathan Taylor; Xiaoye Zhang; Jens Redemann; Jim Haywood

doi:10.1038/s43247-022-00517-3

Communications Earth & Environment (Aug 2022)

Cloud processing and weeklong ageing affect biomass burning aerosol properties over the south-eastern Atlantic

Haochi Che,
Michal Segal-Rozenhaimer,
Lu Zhang,
Caroline Dang,
Paquita Zuidema,
Amie Dobracki,
Arthur J. Sedlacek,
Hugh Coe,
Huihui Wu,
Jonathan Taylor,
Xiaoye Zhang,
Jens Redemann,
Jim Haywood

Affiliations

Haochi Che: Department of Geophysics, Porter School of the Environmental and Earth Sciences
Michal Segal-Rozenhaimer: Department of Geophysics, Porter School of the Environmental and Earth Sciences
Lu Zhang: Department of Geophysics, Porter School of the Environmental and Earth Sciences
Caroline Dang: NASA Ames Research Center
Paquita Zuidema: Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Miami
Amie Dobracki: Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Miami
Arthur J. Sedlacek: Brookhaven National Laboratory
Hugh Coe: Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Manchester
Huihui Wu: Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Manchester
Jonathan Taylor: Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Manchester
Xiaoye Zhang: State Key Laboratory of Severe Weather (LASW) and Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry of CMA, Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences
Jens Redemann: School of Meteorology, University of Oklahoma
Jim Haywood: College of Engineering, Mathematics and Physical Science, University of Exeter

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-022-00517-3
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 3, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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The chemical, physical and optical properties of biomass burning aerosols are substantially altered during plume transport from Southern Africa over the southeast Atlantic, which leads to fewer but more absorptive aerosols in the marine boundary layer, according to airborne observations.

Published in Communications Earth & Environment

ISSN: 2662-4435 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science: Geology; Geography. Anthropology. Recreation: Environmental sciences
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