Wildfire smoke in the Siberian Arctic in summer: source characterization and plume evolution from airborne measurements

• Main Authors: P. Ciais, B. D. Belan, V. P. Shmargunov, K. S. Law, M. V. Panchenko, P. Nédélec, M. Yu. Arshinov, A. Stohl, J.-D. Paris
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2009
• Subjects: Physics; QC1-999; Chemistry; QD1-999; Arctic; Yakutsk; The Landing; black carbon; Siberia
• Online Access: https://doaj.org/article/4132d6e1865746aeb3f51f5c9033cbe6

We present airborne measurements of carbon dioxide (CO 2 ), carbon monoxide (CO), ozone (O 3 ), equivalent black carbon (EBC) and ultra fine particles over North-Eastern Siberia in July 2008 performed during the YAK-AEROSIB/POLARCAT experiment. During a "golden day" (11 July 2008) a number...