Impact of wildfire smoke on Arctic cirrus formation, part 1: analysis of MOSAiC 2019–2020 observations

• Main Authors: Ansmann, Albert, Jimenez, Cristofer, Roschke, Johanna, Bühl, Johannes, Ohneiser, Kevin, Engelmann, Ronny, Radenz, Martin, Griesche, Hannes, Hofer, Julian, Althausen, Dietrich, Knopf, Daniel A., Dahlke, Sandro, Gaudek, Tom, Seifert, Patric, Wandinger, Ulla
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2024
• Subjects: Arctic; Breaker
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2024-2008; https://egusphere.copernicus.org/preprints/2024/egusphere-2024-2008/

The number of wildfire smoke layers in the upper troposphere per fire season increased at mid and high northern latitudes during the last years. To consider smoke in weather and climate models appropriately, the influence of smoke on a variety of atmospheric processes needs to be explored in detail....