The Impact of Biomass Burning on Climate and Air Quality: An Intensive Study of Western North America Fires

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NOAA Field and Laboratory Studies during 2016-2019

Steering Committee: James M. Roberts¹, Carsten Warneke^1,2, Joshua P. Schwarz¹, Robert J. Yokelson³, R. Bradley Pierce⁴, Barry Lefer⁵, James H. Crawford⁶, Kirk R. Baker⁷, Amy P. Sullivan⁸

Contributors: Joost A. de Gouw^1,2, Karl Froyd^1,2, Daniel M. Murphy¹, Ru-Shan Gao¹, Gregory J. Frost^1,2, Michael K. Trainer¹, Stuart A. McKeen^1,2, James B. Burkholder¹, John S. Daniel¹, Eric J. Williams¹, David W. Fahey¹

1. NOAA ESRL Chemical Sciences Division, Boulder, CO

2. Cooperative Institute for Research in the Environmental Sciences (CIRES), University of Colorado, and NOAA, Boulder, CO

3. Department of Chemistry, University of Montana, Missoula, MT

4. NOAA NESDIS Center for SaTellite Applications and Research (STAR), Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies, Madison, WI

5. NASA Earth Science Division, Tropospheric Composition Program, Washington, DC

6. NASA Science Directorate, Chemistry and Dynamics Branch, Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA

7. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC

8. Department of Atmospheric Science, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO