Mesoscale modeling of smoke transport over the Southeast Asian Maritime Continent: Interplay of sea breeze, trade wind, typhoon, and topography

► The transport of smoke particles over the Southeast Asia is studied with WRFchem. ► Identified are roles of sea breeze, storm, monsoon and topography in smoke transport. ► WRFchem-CALIOP comparison suggests an optimal smoke injection height of ~ 0.8 km. ► This injection height is lower than 2-4 km often used in chemistry transport models. ► WRFchem simulations using FLAMBE fire emission agree well MODIS and ground-based data.