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Firework Emissions for Satellite Validation?

Jonathan Williams ^A ^D, Frank Drewnick ^A, Silke S. Hings ^A, Joachim Curtius ^B, Gunter Eerdekens ^A, Thomas Klüpfel ^A and Thomas Wagner ^C

^A Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, 55020 Mainz, Germany.
^B Institute for Physics of the Atmosphere, University of Mainz, 55099 Mainz, Germany.
^C Institute for Environmental Physics, University of Heidelberg, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.
^D Corresponding author. Email: williams@mpch-mainz.mpg.de

Environmental Context. Satellite-based instruments for monitoring the Earth’s atmosphere observe the distribution of many gases and particles of interest. Many common sources of atmospheric gases and particles, such as fires, are geographically widespread and occur over a moderately long period. In contrast, fireworks pollute only a local area and for a brief period, and thus act as an ideal test of satellite instruments.

Keywords: analysis & instrumentation — atmospheric chemistry — gases — particles

Environmental Chemistry 2(2) 94–95 doi:10.1071/EN05022
Submitted: 8 April 2005 Accepted: 26 April 2005 Published: 24 June 2005