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In-situ Observations of Mid-latitude Forest Fire Plumes Deep in the StratosphereWe observed a plume of air highly enriched in carbon monoxide and particles in the stratosphere at altitudes up to 15.8 km. It can be unambiguously attributed to North American forest fires. This plume demonstrates an extratropical direct transport path from the planetary boundary layer several kilometers deep into the stratosphere, which is not fully captured by large-scale atmospheric transport models. This process indicates that the stratospheric ozone layer could be sensitive to changes in forest burning associated with climatic warming.
Document ID
20050232880
Acquisition Source
Ames Research Center
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
External Source(s)
Authors
Jost, Hans-Juerg
(Bay Area Environmental Research Inst. Sonoma , CA, United States)
Drdla, Katja
(NASA Ames Research Center Moffett Field, CA, United States)
Stohl, Andreas
(Technical Univ. of Munich Muchen, Germany)
Pfister, Leonhard
(NASA Ames Research Center Moffett Field, CA, United States)
Loewenstein, Max
(NASA Ames Research Center Moffett Field, CA, United States)
Lopez, Jimena P.
(NASA Ames Research Center Moffett Field, CA, United States)
Hudson, Paula K.
(National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Boulder, CO, United States)
Murphy, Daniel M.
(National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Boulder, CO, United States)
Cziczo, Daniel J.
(National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Boulder, CO, United States)
Fromm, Michael
(Computational Physics, Inc. Springfield, VA, United States)
Date Acquired
August 23, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 2004
Publication Information
Publication: Geophysical Research Letters
Publisher: American Geophysical Union
Volume: 31
ISSN: 0094-8276
Subject Category
Environment Pollution
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NCC2-1309
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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