Optical properties of biomass burning aerosol during the 2021 Oregon fire season: comparison between wild and prescribed fires
Andrey Marsavin, Ralph van Gageldonk, Noah Bernays, Nathaniel W. May, Daniel A. Jaffe, Juliane L. Fry
Abstract
The Mt. Bachelor Observatory was frequently impacted by biomass burning smoke in 2021, an extreme forest fire year in the state of Oregon.
Topics & Concepts
Biomass burningEnvironmental scienceAerosolPrescribed burnBiomass (ecology)Atmospheric sciencesMeteorologyGeographyEcologyForestryBiologyGeologyFire effects on ecosystemsAtmospheric chemistry and aerosolsAtmospheric aerosols and clouds