Pyro-cumulonimbus injection of smoke to the stratosphere: Observations and impact of a super blowup in northwestern Canada on 3–4 August 1998 ...

• Main Authors: Fromm, Michael, Bevilacqua, Richard, Servranckx, René, Rosen, James, Thayer, Jeffrey P., Herman, Jay, Larko, David
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: AGU 2005
• Subjects: Canada; Norman Wells; Northwest Territories
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.13016/m2smhb-g6m0; https://mdsoar.org/handle/11603/28632

We report observations and analysis of a pyro-cumulonimbus event in the midst of a boreal forest fire blowup in Northwest Territories Canada, near Norman Wells, on 3–4 August 1998. We find that this blowup caused a five-fold increase in lower stratospheric aerosol burden, as well as multiple reports...