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Intercontinental Transport of Tropical Ozone from Biomass Burning: Views from Satellite and SHADOZ (Southern Hemisphere Additional Ozonesondes) SoundingsThe atmospheric impacts of tropical fires came to attention in the 1970's and there has been interest in the connection between these fires and ozone since about 1980. Photochemically reactive gases released by fires (e.g. NO, CO, volatile organic carbon) interact as they do in an urban environment to form ozone. Tropical meteorology also plays a part in tropospheric ozone distributions in the tropics - through large-scale circulation, deep convection, regional phenomena (West African and Asian monsoon) - and variations associated with El-Nino and the Quasi- biennial Oscillation have been reported. This Poster is an overview of observations, taken from satellite and from ozone soundings, that illustrate regional influences and intercontinental-range ozone transport in the tropics.
Document ID
20040035638
Acquisition Source
Goddard Space Flight Center
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Thompson, Anne M.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Date Acquired
August 21, 2013
Publication Date
July 27, 2003
Subject Category
Meteorology And Climatology
Meeting Information
Meeting: Gordon Conference
Location: Big Sky, MT
Country: United States
Start Date: September 7, 2003
End Date: September 12, 2003
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.

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