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Pechony et al. 2013

Pechony, O., D.T. Shindell, and G. Faluvegi, 2013: Direct top-down estimates of biomass burning CO emissions using TES and MOPITT vs. bottom-up GFED inventory. J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 118, no. 14, 8054-8066, doi:10.1002/jgrd.50624.

In this study, we utilize near-simultaneous observations from two sets of multiple satellite sensors to segregate Tropospheric Emission Spectrometer (TES) and Measurements of Pollution in the Troposphere (MOPITT) CO observations over active fire sources from those made over clear background. Hence, we obtain direct estimates of biomass burning CO emissions without invoking inverse modeling as in traditional top-down methods. We find considerable differences between Global Fire Emissions Database (GFED) versions 2.1 and 3.1 and satellite-based emission estimates in many regions. Both inventories appear to greatly underestimate South and Southeast Asia emissions, for example. On global scales, however, CO emissions in both inventories and in the MOPITT-based analysis agree reasonably well, with the largest bias (30%) found in the Northern Hemisphere spring. In the Southern Hemisphere, there is a one-month shift between the GFED and MOPITT-based fire emissions peak. Afternoon tropical fire emissions retrieved from TES are about two times higher than the morning MOPITT retrievals. This appears to be both a real difference due to the diurnal fire activity variations, and a bias due to the scarcity of TES data.

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@article{pe01500u,
  author={Pechony, O. and Shindell, D. T. and Faluvegi, G.},
  title={Direct top-down estimates of biomass burning CO emissions using TES and MOPITT vs. bottom-up GFED inventory},
  year={2013},
  journal={Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres},
  volume={118},
  number={14},
  pages={8054--8066},
  doi={10.1002/jgrd.50624},
}

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TY  - JOUR
ID  - pe01500u
AU  - Pechony, O.
AU  - Shindell, D. T.
AU  - Faluvegi, G.
PY  - 2013
TI  - Direct top-down estimates of biomass burning CO emissions using TES and MOPITT vs. bottom-up GFED inventory
JA  - J. Geophys. Res. Atmos.
JO  - Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres
VL  - 118
IS  - 14
SP  - 8054
EP  - 8066
DO  - 10.1002/jgrd.50624
ER  -

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