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A pervasive role for biomass burning in tropical high ozone/low water structures

Authors :
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
Source :
Nature Communications, Vol 7, Iss 1, Pp 1-13 (2016)
Publication Year :
2016
Publisher :
Nature Portfolio, 2016.

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.

Subjects

Subjects :
Science

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
20411723
Volume :
7
Issue :
1
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Nature Communications
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.fd24ca40e10e4a769d066eb841975ce0
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms10267