Senior scientist Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service @CopernicusECMWF @ECMWF working on global #wildfires #airquality #atmoschem & #scicomm.
Sep 30, 2020 • 5 tweets • 11 min read
Smoke & #AirPollution across South America from active #wildfires#openburning, especially in S Brazil & N Argentina, in #CopernicusAtmosphere forecasts of aerosol optical depth⬅️, total column carbon monoxide↗️ & surface PM2.5↘️ atmosphere.copernicus.eu/charts/cams/#CopernicusAtmosphere GFAS #opendata for Amazonia Legal & Mato Gross do Sul🇧🇷 showing daily total intensity since 1 August & estimated carbon emissions since 1 July. Generally similar to 2019 Pantanal fires increasing MGS data in recent days.
Quick initial evaluation of #CopernicusAtmosphere Monitoring Service AOD forecasts in relation to long-range transport of #CaliforniaFires & #ColoradoFires smoke vs. Aeronet measurements at Fresno & @NASAAmes CA, Sterling CO, Missoula MT, N Great Plains ND & Sioux Falls SD
#Wildfire activity in other parts of #Siberia has been relatively low all summer. Krasnoyarsk & Irkustk have been experiencing increased daily total intensity over last 2 weeks close to 2003-2018 mean & << 2019.
Daily #AmazonFires monitoring since 1 July in #CopernicusAtmosphere GFAS #opendataconfluence.ecmwf.int/display/CKB/CA… vs. 2003-2019. Amazonia Legal fairly average but Amazonas & Mato Grosso do Sul experiencing earlier & significantly higher activity compared with Mato Grosso & other states
Global Fire Assimilation System (GFAS) data from the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service atmosphere.copernicus.eu
Have we seen the end of this year's #ArcticFires? Cloud still limits🛰️obs but #ArcticCircle#wildfires expected to die down in 2nd half August based on 18 years of #CopernicusAtmosphere Monitoring Service GFAS data. 240 Mt CO2 since 1 June 2020 higher than previous annual totals.