Observing UK Bonfire Night pollution from space: analysis of atmospheric aerosol

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UK Bonfire Night (BFN) is an annual event on 5 November which celebrates the failed ‘gunpowder plot’ of Guy Fawkes, who intended to blow up the Houses of Parliament. This event is celebrated with firework and bonfire displays, which reduce visibility and increase air pollutant concentrations. A two- to four-fold increase in particulate matter concentrations was seen at some surface monitoring sites. Satellite measurements of aerosol optical depth found increases of 10–90% between days before and after BFN.

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Authors/Creators:	Pope, RJ https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3587-837X Marshall, AM O'Kane, BO
Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information:	© 2016 Royal Meteorological Society. This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Pope, R. J., Marshall, A. M. and O'Kane, B. O. (2016), Observing UK Bonfire Night pollution from space: analysis of atmospheric aerosol. Weather, 71: 288–291. doi: 10.1002/wea.2914; which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1002/wea.2914. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with the Wiley Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving.
Dates:	Accepted: 3 October 2016 Published (online): 8 November 2016 Published: 8 November 2016
Institution:	The University of Leeds
Academic Units:	The University of Leeds > Faculty of Environment (Leeds) > School of Earth and Environment (Leeds) > Inst for Climate & Atmos Science (ICAS) (Leeds)
Depositing User:	Symplectic Publications
Date Deposited:	28 Nov 2016 13:01
Last Modified:	31 Jan 2019 13:01
Published Version:	https://doi.org/10.1002/wea.2914
Status:	Published
Publisher:	Wiley
Identification Number:	https://doi.org/10.1002/wea.2914

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