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Quantifying CO emissions from boreal wildfires by assimilating TROPOMI and TCCON observations. / Voshtani, Sina; Jones, Dylan B. A.; Wunch, Debra; Pendergrass, Drew C.; Wennberg, Paul O.; Pollard, David F.; Morino, Isamu; Ohyama, Hirofumi; Deutscher, Nicholas M.; Hase, Frank; Sussmann, Ralf; Weidmann, Damien; Kivi, Rigel; García, Omaira; Té, Yao; Chen, Jack; Anderson, Kerry; Stevens, Robin; Kondragunta, Shobha; Zhu, Aihua; Worthy, Douglas; Racki, Senen; Mckain, Kathryn; Makarova, Maria V.; Jones, Nicholas; Mahieu, Emmanuel; Cadena-caicedo, Andrea; Cristofanelli, Paolo; Labuschagne, Casper; Kozlova, Elena; Seitz, Thomas; Steinbacher, Martin; Mahdi, Reza; Murata, Isao.
In: Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, Vol. 25, No. 21, 13.11.2025, p. 15527-15565.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Quantifying CO emissions from boreal wildfires by assimilating TROPOMI and TCCON observations
AU - Voshtani, Sina
AU - Jones, Dylan B. A.
AU - Wunch, Debra
AU - Pendergrass, Drew C.
AU - Wennberg, Paul O.
AU - Pollard, David F.
AU - Morino, Isamu
AU - Ohyama, Hirofumi
AU - Deutscher, Nicholas M.
AU - Hase, Frank
AU - Sussmann, Ralf
AU - Weidmann, Damien
AU - Kivi, Rigel
AU - García, Omaira
AU - Té, Yao
AU - Chen, Jack
AU - Anderson, Kerry
AU - Stevens, Robin
AU - Kondragunta, Shobha
AU - Zhu, Aihua
AU - Worthy, Douglas
AU - Racki, Senen
AU - Mckain, Kathryn
AU - Makarova, Maria V.
AU - Jones, Nicholas
AU - Mahieu, Emmanuel
AU - Cadena-caicedo, Andrea
AU - Cristofanelli, Paolo
AU - Labuschagne, Casper
AU - Kozlova, Elena
AU - Seitz, Thomas
AU - Steinbacher, Martin
AU - Mahdi, Reza
AU - Murata, Isao
PY - 2025/11/13
Y1 - 2025/11/13
N2 - We perform a global inverse modelling analysis to quantify biomass burning emissions of carbon monoxide (CO) from the extreme wildfires in Canada between May and September 2023. Using the GEOS-Chem model, we assimilated observations at 3 d temporal and 2° × 2.5° horizontal resolution from the Tropospheric Monitoring Instrument (TROPOMI) separately and then jointly with Total Carbon Column Observing Network (TCCON) measurements. We also evaluated prior emissions from the Quick Fire Emissions Dataset (QFED), Blended Global Biomass Burning Emissions Product eXtended (GBBEPx), Global Fire Assimilation System (GFAS), and Canadian Forest Fire Emissions Prediction System (CFFEPS). The assimilation of TROPOMI-only measurements estimated posterior North America emissions for QFED, GBBEPx, GFAS, and CFFEPS of 110.4 ± 20, 112.8 ± 20, 127.2 ± 17, and 125.6 ± 18 Tg CO compared to prior estimates of 37.1, 42.7, 91.0, and 90.2 Tg CO, respectively. The joint assimilation of TROPOMI+TCCON reduced the posterior 1σ uncertainty on the North American emission estimates by up to about 30 %, while showing only a modest impact (
AB - We perform a global inverse modelling analysis to quantify biomass burning emissions of carbon monoxide (CO) from the extreme wildfires in Canada between May and September 2023. Using the GEOS-Chem model, we assimilated observations at 3 d temporal and 2° × 2.5° horizontal resolution from the Tropospheric Monitoring Instrument (TROPOMI) separately and then jointly with Total Carbon Column Observing Network (TCCON) measurements. We also evaluated prior emissions from the Quick Fire Emissions Dataset (QFED), Blended Global Biomass Burning Emissions Product eXtended (GBBEPx), Global Fire Assimilation System (GFAS), and Canadian Forest Fire Emissions Prediction System (CFFEPS). The assimilation of TROPOMI-only measurements estimated posterior North America emissions for QFED, GBBEPx, GFAS, and CFFEPS of 110.4 ± 20, 112.8 ± 20, 127.2 ± 17, and 125.6 ± 18 Tg CO compared to prior estimates of 37.1, 42.7, 91.0, and 90.2 Tg CO, respectively. The joint assimilation of TROPOMI+TCCON reduced the posterior 1σ uncertainty on the North American emission estimates by up to about 30 %, while showing only a modest impact (
UR - https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/f78b7246-fc46-37a1-b189-c95bc249fc26/
U2 - 10.5194/acp-25-15527-2025
DO - 10.5194/acp-25-15527-2025
M3 - Article
VL - 25
SP - 15527
EP - 15565
JO - Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
JF - Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
SN - 1680-7316
IS - 21
ER -
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