Wildfire smoke in the lower stratosphere identified by in situ CO observations

• Published in: Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
• Main Authors: Hooghiem, Joram J. D., Popa, Maria Elena, Röckmann, Thomas, Grooß, Jens-Uwe, Tritscher, Ines, Müller, Rolf, Kivi, Rigel, Chen, Huilin
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: EGU 2020
• Subjects: info:eu-repo/classification/ddc/550; Sodankylä
• Online Access: https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/888070; https://juser.fz-juelich.de/search?p=id:%22FZJ-2020-04648%22

Wildfires emit large quantities of aerosols and trace gases, which occasionally reach the lower stratosphere. In August 2017, several pyro-cumulonimbus events injected a large amount of smoke into the stratosphere, observed by lidar and satellites. Satellite observations are in general the main meth...