Quantifying the impact of BOReal forest fires on Tropospheric oxidants over the Atlantic using Aircraft and Satellites (BORTAS) experiment: Design, execution and science overview

P. I. Palmer; M. Parrington; J. D. Lee; A. C. Lewis; A. R. Rickard; P. F. Bernath; T. J. Duck; D. L. Waugh; D. W. Tarasick; S. Andrews; E. Aruffo; L. J. Bailey; E. Barrett; J.-B. S. Bauguitte; K. R. Curry; P. Di Carlo; L. Chisholm; L. Dan; G. Forster; J. E. Franklin; M. D. Gibson; D. Griffin; D. Helmig; J. R. Hopkins; J. T. Hopper; M. E. Jenkin; D. Kindred; J. Kliever; M. Le Breton; S. Matthiesen; M. Maurice; S. Moller; D. P. Moore; D. E. Oram; S. J. O'Shea; R.C. Owen; C. M. L. S. Pagniello; S. Pawson; C. J. Percival; J. R. Pierce; S. Punjabi; R.M. Purvis; J. J. Remedios; K. M. Rotermund; K. M. Sakamoto; A. M. da Silva; K. B. Strawbridge; K. Strong; J. Taylor; R. Trigwell; K. A. Tereszchuk; K.A. Walker; D. Weaver; C. Whaley; J. C. Young

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Quantifying the impact of BOReal forest fires on Tropospheric oxidants over the Atlantic using Aircraft and Satellites (BORTAS) experiment: Design, execution and science overview

P. I. Palmer, M. Parrington, J. D. Lee, A. C. Lewis, A. R. Rickard, P. F. Bernath, T. J. Duck, D. L. Waugh, D. W. Tarasick, S. Andrews, E. Aruffo, L. J. Bailey, E. Barrett, J.-B. S. Bauguitte, K. R. Curry, P. Di Carlo, L. Chisholm, L. Dan, G. Forster, J. E. FranklinM. D. Gibson, D. Griffin, D. Helmig, J. R. Hopkins, J. T. Hopper, M. E. Jenkin, D. Kindred, J. Kliever, M. Le Breton, S. Matthiesen, M. Maurice, S. Moller, D. P. Moore, D. E. Oram, S. J. O'Shea, R.C. Owen, C. M. L. S. Pagniello, S. Pawson, C. J. Percival, J. R. Pierce, S. Punjabi, R.M. Purvis, J. J. Remedios, K. M. Rotermund, K. M. Sakamoto, A. M. da Silva, K. B. Strawbridge, K. Strong, J. Taylor, R. Trigwell, K. A. Tereszchuk, K.A. Walker, D. Weaver, C. Whaley, J. C. Young

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We describe the design and execution of the BORTAS (Quantifying the impact of BOReal forest fires on Tropospheric oxidants over the Atlantic using Aircraft and Satellites) experiment, which has the overarching objective of understanding the chemical aging of air masses that contain the emission products from seasonal boreal wildfires and how these air masses subsequently impact downwind atmospheric composition. The central focus of the experiment was a two-week deployment of the UK BAe-146-301 Atmospheric Research Aircraft (ARA) over eastern Canada, based out of Halifax, Nova Scotia. Atmospheric ground-based and sonde measurements over Canada and the Azores associated with the planned July 2010 deployment of the ARA, which was postponed by 12 months due to UK-based flights related to the dispersal of material emitted by the Eyjafjallajökull volcano, went ahead and constituted phase A of the experiment. Phase B of BORTAS in July 2011 involved the same atmospheric measurements, but included the ARA, special satellite observations and a more comprehensive ground-based measurement suite. The high-frequency aircraft data provided a comprehensive chemical snapshot of pyrogenic plumes from wildfires, corresponding to photochemical (and physical) ages ranging from <1 day to ∼

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	6239-6261
Number of pages	23
Journal	Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
Volume	13
Issue number	13
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-13-6239-2013
Publication status	Published - 1 Jul 2013

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Palmer, P. I., Parrington, M., Lee, J. D., Lewis, A. C., Rickard, A. R., Bernath, P. F., Duck, T. J., Waugh, D. L., Tarasick, D. W., Andrews, S., Aruffo, E., Bailey, L. J., Barrett, E., Bauguitte, J-B. S., Curry, K. R., Di Carlo, P., Chisholm, L., Dan, L., Forster, G., ... Young, J. C. (2013). Quantifying the impact of BOReal forest fires on Tropospheric oxidants over the Atlantic using Aircraft and Satellites (BORTAS) experiment: Design, execution and science overview. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 13(13), 6239-6261. https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-13-6239-2013

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