Carsten Warneke, FIREX-AQ mission

Carsten Warneke (working in the NOAA Chemical Sciences Laboratory) has done outstanding work as a leader of the large-scale field mission “Fire Influence on Regional to Global Environments and Air Quality” (FIREX-AQ) and the research-focused activities that preceded it over the past half-decade. He developed the FireLab 2016 study that resulted in novel research and was the basis for many of the FIREX-AQ experiments. His laboratory results combined with field observations helped to close gaps in scientific knowledge, like the connection between fuels and atmospheric chemistry. These accomplishments are helping advance fire science not only nationally, but around the globe.