Commentary on "Improving the seasonal cycle and interannual variations of biomass burning aerosol sources" by Generoso et al.

[摘要] In a recent published paper, Generoso et al. (2003) describe a method for improvingthe spatial and temporal distribution of pyrogenic aerosol emissioninventories.In the course of their analysis, the authors note severalsignificant discrepancies in the seasonality of burning as observed by theVisible and Infrared Scanner (VIRS) and four other biomass burning data setsderived from satellite observations.In this commentary we explain the source of these discrepancies and clarify theorigin of the VIRS observations that were used by Generoso et al.

[学科分类] 大气科学