Aircraft-measured indirect cloud effects from biomass burning smoke in the Arctic and subarctic

• Published in: Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
• Main Authors: L. M. Zamora, R. A. Kahn, M. J. Cubison, G. S. Diskin, J. L. Jimenez, Y. Kondo, G. M. McFarquhar, A. Nenes, K. L. Thornhill, A. Wisthaler, A. Zelenyuk, L. D. Ziemba
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2016
• Subjects: Physics; QC1-999; Chemistry; QD1-999; Aitken; Arctic; albedo; Subarctic
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-715-2016; https://doaj.org/article/b6adf9eb84b04cadb78d417ae9f77159

The incidence of wildfires in the Arctic and subarctic is increasing; in boreal North America, for example, the burned area is expected to increase by 200–300 % over the next 50–100 years, which previous studies suggest could have a large effect on cloud microphysics, lifetime, albedo, and precipita...