Journal article
Introducing the VIIRS-based Fire Emission Inventory version 0 (VFEIv0)
Geoscientific Model Development, Vol.15(21), pp.8085-8109
01/01/2022
DOI: 10.5194/gmd-15-8085-2022
Abstract
A new open biomass burning inventory is presented that relies on the fire radiative power data from the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) on board the Suomi NPP satellite. This VIIRS-based Fire Emission Inventory (VFEI) provides emission data from early 2012 to 2019 for more than 40 species of gases and aerosols at spatial resolutions of around 500 m. We found that VFEI produces similar results when compared to other major inventories in many regions of the world. Additionally, we conducted regional simulations using VFEI with the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model with chemistry (WRF-Chem) for Southern Africa (September 2016) and North America (July–August 2019). We compared aerosol optical depth (AOD) from the model against two observational datasets: the MODIS Multi-Angle Implementation of Atmospheric Correction (MAIAC) product and AErosol RObotic NETwork (AERONET) stations. Results showed good agreement between both simulations and the datasets, with mean AOD biases of around +0.03 for Southern Africa and -0.01 for North America. Both simulations were not only able to reproduce the AOD magnitudes accurately, but also the inter-diurnal variations of smoke concentration. In addition, we made use of the airborne data from the ObseRvations of Aerosols above CLouds and their intEractionS (ORACLES; Southern Africa) and the Fire Influence on Regional to Global Environments Experiment and Air Quality (FIREX-AQ; North America) campaigns to evaluate the simulations. In Southern Africa, results showed correlations higher than 0.77 when comparing carbon monoxide and black carbon. In North America, correlations were lower and biases higher. However, this is because the model was not able to reproduce the timing, shape, and location of individual plumes over complex terrain (Rocky Mountains) during the FIREX-AQ campaign period.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Introducing the VIIRS-based Fire Emission Inventory version 0 (VFEIv0)
- Creators
- Gonzalo FerradaMeng ZhouJun WangAlexei LyapustinYujie WangSaulo FreitasGregory Carmichael
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Geoscientific Model Development, Vol.15(21), pp.8085-8109
- DOI
- 10.5194/gmd-15-8085-2022
- ISSN
- 1991-962X
- eISSN
- 1991-9603
- Publisher
- Copernicus GmbH
- Grant note
- DOI: 10.13039/100000104, name: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, award: NNX15AF95G, 80NNSC21L1976, 80NSSC21K1494; DOI: 10.13039/100000192, name: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, award: NA16OAR4310114
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 01/01/2022
- Academic Unit
- Electrical and Computer Engineering; Civil and Environmental Engineering; Iowa Technology Institute; Physics and Astronomy; Nursing; Chemical and Biochemical Engineering
- Record Identifier
- 9984315588802771
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