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@INPROCEEDINGS{Rosanka:902274,
author = {Rosanka, Simon and Franco, Bruno and Clarisse, Lieven and
Coheur, Pierre-François and Wahner, Andreas and
Taraborrelli, Domenico},
title = {{O}rganic pollutants from {I}ndonesian peatland fires:
regional influences and its impact on lower the
stratospheric composition},
reportid = {FZJ-2021-04137},
year = {2021},
abstract = {<p>In 2015, the particularly strong dry season in
Indonesia, caused by an exceptional strong El $Ni\ño,$
led to severe peatland fires. Due to the high carbon content
of peatland, these fires are characterised by high volatile
organic compound (VOC) biomass burning emissions. The
resulting primary and secondary pollutants are efficiently
transported to the upper troposphere/lower stratosphere
(UTLS) by the developing Asian monsoon anticyclone (ASMA)
and the general upward transport in the intertropical
convergence zone (ITCZ). In this study, we assess the
importance of these VOC emissions for the composition of the
lower troposphere and the UTLS by performing multiple
chemistry simulations using the global atmospheric model
ECHAM/MESSy (EMAC). In a first step, we find that EMAC
properly captures the exceptional strength of the Indonesian
fires based on the comparison of modelled columns of the
biomass burning marker hydrogen cyanide (HCN) to spaceborne
measurements from the Infrared Atmospheric Sounding
Interferometer (IASI). In the lower troposphere, the
increase in VOC levels is higher in Indonesia compared to
other biomass burning regions. This directly impacts the
oxidation capacity and leads to a high reduction in hydroxyl
radicals (OH) and nitrogen oxides (NO<sub>x</sub>). In
general, an increase in ozone (O<sub>3</sub>) is predicted
close to the peatland fires. However, particular high
concentrations of phenols lead to an O<sub>3</sub> depletion
in eastern Indonesia. By employing the detailed in-cloud
OVOC oxidation scheme $J\ülich$ Aqueous-phase Mechanism
of Organic Chemistry (JAMOC), we find that the predicted
changes are dampened and that by ignoring these processes,
global models tend to overestimate the impact of such
extreme pollution events. The upward transport in the ASMA
and the ITCZ leads to elevated VOC concentrations in the
UTLS region. This also results in a depletion of lower
stratospheric O<sub>3</sub>. We find that this is caused by
a high destruction of O<sub>3</sub> by phenoxy radicals and
by the increased formation of NO<sub>x</sub> reservoir
species, which dampen the chemical production of
O<sub>3</sub>.</p>},
month = {Apr},
date = {2021-04-19},
organization = {EGU General Assembly 2021, Online ( ),
19 Apr 2021 - 30 Apr 2021},
subtyp = {Other},
cin = {IEK-8},
cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)IEK-8-20101013},
pnm = {2111 - Air Quality (POF4-211)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF4-2111},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)6},
doi = {10.5194/egusphere-egu21-10203},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/902274},
}