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- Title
Impact of wild forest fires in Eastern Europe on aerosol composition and particle optical properties.
- Authors
Zielinski, Tymon; Petelski, Tomasz; Strzalkowska, Agata; Pakszys, Paulina; Makuch, Przemyslaw
- Abstract
In this paper the authors discuss the changes of aerosol optical depth (AOD) in the region of eastern Europe and the Baltic Sea due to wild re episodes which occurred in the area of Belarus and Ukraine in 2002. The authors discuss how the biomass burning aerosols were advected over the Baltic area and changed the composition of aerosol ensemble for a period of several summer weeks. The air pressure situation and slow wind speeds also facilitated the development of such conditions. As a consequence very high AOD levels were recorded, by an order of 3-4 higher versus normal conditions and they significantly increased the annual averages. On particular days of August 2002 the AOD values reached a level of over 0.7. On these days fine particles fully dominated the entire ensemble of aerosol particles. They were either sulfates or smoke particles. Such situation was unique over a period of many years and it had its serious consequences for the region and especially for the Baltic Sea.
- Subjects
EASTERN Europe; FOREST fire reporting; OPTICAL properties of atmospheric aerosols
- Publication
Oceanologia, 2016, Vol 58, Issue 1, p13
- ISSN
0078-3234
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1016/j.oceano.2015.07.005