Biomass Burning Observation Project (BBOP) Final Campaign Report

Technical Report · Fri Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 2016

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1236490· OSTI ID:1236490

Kleinman, LI ^[1]; Sedlacek, A. J. ^[1]

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1. Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)

The Biomass Burning Observation Project (BBOP) was conducted to obtain a better understanding of how aerosols generated from biomass fires affect the atmosphere and climate. It is estimated that 40% of carbonaceous aerosol produced originates from biomass burning—enough to affect regional and global climate. Several biomass-burning studies have focused on tropical climates; however, few campaigns have been conducted within the United States, where millions of acres are burned each year, trending to higher values and greater climate impacts because of droughts in the West. Using the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Aerial Facility (AAF), the BBOP deployed the Gulfstream-1 (G-1) aircraft over smoke plumes from active wildfire and agricultural burns to help identify the impact of these events and how impacts evolve with time. BBOP was one of very few studies that targeted the near-field time evolution of aerosols and aimed to obtain a process-level understanding of the large changes that occur within a few hours of atmospheric processing.

• Research Organization: DOE ARM Climate Research Facility, Washington, DC (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Biological and Environmental Research (BER) (SC-23)
• OSTI ID: 1236490
• Report Number(s): DOE/SC-ARM--15-083
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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