@article{9dbfb2ac61ae412582c5c9780ad2463d,
title = "An overview of regional experiments on biomass burning aerosols and related pollutants in Southeast Asia: From BASE-ASIA and the Dongsha Experiment to 7-SEAS",
abstract = "By modulating the Earth-atmosphere energy, hydrological and biogeochemical cycles, and affecting regional-to-global weather and climate, biomass burning is recognized as one of the major factors affecting the global carbon cycle. However, few comprehensive and wide-ranging experiments have been conducted to characterize biomass-burning pollutants in Southeast Asia (SEA) or assess their regional impact on meteorology, the hydrological cycle, the radiative budget, or climate change. Recently, BASE-ASIA (Biomass-burning Aerosols in South-East Asia: Smoke Impact Assessment) and the 7-SEAS (7-South-East Asian Studies)/Dongsha Experiment were conducted during the spring seasons of 2006 and 2010 in northern SEA, respectively, to characterize the chemical, physical, and radiative properties of biomass-burning emissions near the source regions, and assess their effects. This paper provides an overview of results from these two campaigns and related studies collected in this special issue, entitled {"}Observation, modeling and impact studies of biomass burning and pollution in the SE Asian Environment{"}. This volume includes 28 papers, which provide a synopsis of the experiments, regional weather/climate, chemical characterization of biomass-burning aerosols and related pollutants in source and sink regions, the spatial distribution of air toxics (atmospheric mercury and dioxins) in source and remote areas, a characterization of aerosol physical, optical, and radiative properties, as well as modeling and impact studies. These studies, taken together, provide the first relatively complete dataset of aerosol chemistry and physical observations conducted in the source/sink region in the northern SEA, with particular emphasis on the marine boundary layer and lower free troposphere (LFT). The data, analysis and modeling included in these papers advance our present knowledge of source characterization of biomass-burning pollutants near the source regions as well as the physical and chemical processes along transport pathways. In addition, we raise key questions to be addressed by a coming deployment during springtime 2013 in northern SEA, named 7-SEAS/BASELInE (Biomass-burning Aerosols & Stratocumulus Environment: Lifecycles and Interactions Experiment). This campaign will include a synergistic approach for further exploring many key atmospheric processes (e.g., complex aerosol-cloud interactions) and impacts of biomass burning on the surface-atmosphere energy budgets during the lifecycles of biomass-burning emissions.",
keywords = "7-SEAS, Aerosol, Air toxics, BASE-ASIA, Biomass burning, Dongsha Experiment, Southeast Asia",
author = "Lin, {Neng Huei} and Tsay, {Si Chee} and Maring, {Hal B.} and Yen, {Ming Cheng} and Sheu, {Guey Rong} and Wang, {Sheng Hsiang} and Chi, {Kai Hsien} and Chuang, {Ming Tung} and Ou-Yang, {Chang Feng} and Fu, {Joshua S.} and Reid, {Jeffrey S.} and Lee, {Chung Te} and Wang, {Lin Chi} and Wang, {Jia Lin} and Hsu, {Christina N.} and Sayer, {Andrew M.} and Holben, {Brent N.} and Chu, {Yu Chi} and Nguyen, {Xuan Anh} and Khajornsak Sopajaree and Chen, {Shui Jen} and Cheng, {Man Ting} and Tsuang, {Ben Jei} and Tsai, {Chuen Jinn} and Peng, {Chi Ming} and Schnell, {Russell C.} and Tom Conway and Chang, {Chang Tang} and Lin, {Kuen Song} and Tsai, {Ying I.} and Lee, {Wen Jhy} and Chang, {Shuenn Chin} and Liu, {Jyh Jian} and Chiang, {Wei Li} and Huang, {Shih Jen} and Lin, {Tang Huang} and Liu, {Gin Rong}",
note = "Funding Information: The authors thank the continuous support by the Taiwan Environmental Protection Administration under contracts No. EPA-99-FA11-03-A097, EPA-99-U1L1-02-101, and the National Science Council of Taiwan under grant No. 98-2745-M-008-001 for the field operation of Dongsha Experiment. We also thank the Deployments of SMARTLabs and AERONET/MPLNET in Southeast Asia, as part of NASA Radiation Sciences Program managed by Dr. Hal B. Maring. The authors also gratefully acknowledge the team efforts led by J. Boonjawat (Southeast Asia START Regional Center at Chulalongkorn University, Thailand) and K. Bhuranapanon (Head of Phimai observatory and radar station, Bureau of Royal Rainmaking and Agricultural Aviation, Thailand) for supporting BASE-ASIA deployment, and by Anh X. Nguyen (Institute of Geophysics at Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, Vietnam) and Khajornsak Sopajaree (Department of Environmental Engineering, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand) in supporting 7-SEAS/Dongsha Experiment over northern Southeast Asia. Taiwan EPA, Ministry of Defense, Navy, Coast Guard Administration, Marine National Park Headquarters, and Weather Station of Taiwan Navy at Dongsha Island provided great logistic supports and assistance for instrument deployments at Dongsha Island. National Central University, National Museum of Marine Biology and Aquarium, Ministry of Science and Technology of Vietnam, Middle of Central Regional Hydro-Meteorological Observatory, National Hydro-Meteorological Service of Vietnam, and Doi Suthep-Pui National Park Protection Unit in Chiang Mai, facilitated site operations at Lulin, Hengchun, Dang Na and Doi Suthep, respectively. Dr. Reid's efforts were supported by the Naval Research Laboratory base program. Thanks are also given to all assistants and graduate students involving in the site operation, data analysis and technical support for making field campaigns successful. ",
year = "2013",
month = oct,
doi = "10.1016/j.atmosenv.2013.04.066",
language = "???core.languages.en_GB???",
volume = "78",
pages = "1--19",
journal = "Atmospheric Environment",
issn = "1352-2310",
}
