African biomass burning affects aerosol cycling over the Amazon

Abstract Smoke from vegetation fires affects air quality, atmospheric cycling, and the climate in the Amazon rain forest. A major unknown has remained the quantity of long-range transported smoke from Africa in relation to local and regional fire emissions. Here we quantify the abundance, seasonalit...

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Main Authors: Bruna A. Holanda, Marco A. Franco, David Walter, Paulo Artaxo, Samara Carbone, Yafang Cheng, Sourangsu Chowdhury, Florian Ditas, Martin Gysel-Beer, Thomas Klimach, Leslie A. Kremper, Ovid O. Krüger, Jost V. Lavric, Jos Lelieveld, Chaoqun Ma, Luiz A. T. Machado, Robin L. Modini, Fernando G. Morais, Andrea Pozzer, Jorge Saturno, Hang Su, Manfred Wendisch, Stefan Wolff, Mira L. Pöhlker, Meinrat O. Andreae, Ulrich Pöschl, Christopher Pöhlker
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-05-01
Series:Communications Earth & Environment
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-023-00795-5