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Modeling Smoke Emissions and Transport for Wildfire Using Satellite Observations and Lagrangian Dispersion Modeling
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Thanasis Kourantos, Anna Kampouri, Anna Gialitaki, Maria Tsichla, Eleni Marinou, Vassilis Amiridis and Ioannis Kioutsioukis
Environ. Earth Sci. Proc. 2025, 35(1), 2; https://doi.org/10.3390/eesp2025035002 (registering DOI) - 8 Sep 2025
Abstract
A significant wildfire event occurred in Korinthos, Greece, on 22 July 2020, releasing large amounts of smoke into the atmosphere. This episode provided the opportunity to develop and apply the methodology described in this work, where the synergistic use of ground data, satellite
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A significant wildfire event occurred in Korinthos, Greece, on 22 July 2020, releasing large amounts of smoke into the atmosphere. This episode provided the opportunity to develop and apply the methodology described in this work, where the synergistic use of ground data, satellite remote sensing data and dispersion modeling is utilized to demonstrate highly accurate source detection, emission transport, and dispersion of the smoke plumes. The Fire Radiative Power (FRP) data from SEVIRI, on board Meteosat Second Generation, are used to estimate hourly fire top-down emissions. These emissions are used as input for the FLEXPART Lagrangian particle dispersion model, driven by GFS meteorological data. Simulated smoke transport is compared with TROPOMI satellite CO observations and lidar profiles from the PANhellenic GEophysical observatory of Antikythera (PANGEA) station. The model includes key atmospheric processes such as advection and deposition, providing a framework for assessing wildfire impacts on air quality and transport. The results highlight the effectiveness of combining high temporal resolution FRP data with the WARM START configuration of FLEXPART versus the Standard FLEXPART Simulation.
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