The Fire INventory from NCAR (FINN): a high resolution global model to estimate the emissions from open burning
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The Fire INventory from NCAR version 1.0 (FINNv1) provides daily, 1 km resolution, global estimates of the trace gas and particle emissions from open burning of biomass, which includes wildfire, agricultural fires, and prescribed burning and does not include biofuel use and trash burning. Emission factors used in the calculations have been updated with recent data, particularly for the non-methane organic compounds (NMOC). The resulting global annual NMOC emission estimates are as much as a factor of 5 greater than some prior estimates. Chemical speciation profiles, necessary to allocate the total NMOC emission estimates to lumped species for use by chemical transport models, are provided for three widely used chemical mechanisms: SAPRC99, GEOS-CHEM, and MOZART-4. Using these profiles, FINNv1 also provides global estimates of key organic compounds, including formaldehyde and methanol. The uncertainty in the FINNv1 emission estimates are about a factor of two; but, the estimates agree closely with other global inventories of biomass burning emissions for CO, CO2, and other species with less variable emission factors. FINNv1 emission estimates have been developed specifically for modeling atmospheric chemistry and air quality in a consistent framework at scales from local to global. The product is unique because of the high temporal and spatial resolution, global coverage, and the number of species estimated. FINNv1 can be used for both hindcast and forecast or near-real time m…
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Wildfires are a major source of air pollutants including particulate matter, carbon monoxide, and greenhouse gases primarily carbon dioxide and methane.
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“However, there are surprisingly few observations of emission factors from these fires despite their importance for California’s greenhouse gas budget and air quality implications.”
- Authors
- Wiedinmyer, C., Akagi, S. K., Yokelson, R. J., Emmons, L. K., Al-Saadi, J. A., Orlando, J. J., & Soja, A. J.
- Affiliations
- NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research (US)
- University of Montana (US)
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration (US)
- Langley Research Center (US)
- Venue
- Geoscientific Model Development
- Publisher
- Copernicus GmbH
- Published
- 2011-07-20
- Volume
- 4
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 625-641
- ISSN
- 1991-959X (ISSN-L)
- 1991-9603
- OpenAlex
- W2152811544
- Cited by
- 1,850
- References
- 1
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- FWCI
- 27.81
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
- doi.org
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- Geoscientific model development (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- The Mathematics Enthusiast (submittedVersion, cc-by)
- DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Atmospheric Science › Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Fire effects on ecosystems
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Atmospheric aerosols and clouds
- Keywords
- Finns, biomass burning, open burning, forest fires, agricultural burning, prescribed burning, non-methane organic compounds, trace gas emissions, aerosol emissions, emission factors, formaldehyde, methanol, emission uncertainty, fire hotspots, land cover, biomass consumption, CO and CO2 emissions, air quality modeling, atmospheric chemistry
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