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Jost et al. 2004

Jost, H., Drdla, K., Stohl, A., Pfister, L., Loewenstein, M., Lopez, J.P., Hudson, P.K., Murphy, D.M., Cziczo, D.J., Fromm, M., Bui, T.P., Dean-Day, J., Gerbig, C., Mahoney, M.J., Richard, E.C., Spichtinger, N., Pittman, J.V., Weinstock, E.M., Wilson, J.C. and Xueref, I. (2004). In-situ observations of mid-latitude forest fire plumes deep in the stratosphere. Geophysical Research Letters 31: doi: 10.1029/2003GL019253. issn: 0094-8276.

We 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 extra-tropical 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.

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Keywords
Atmospheric Composition and Structure, Middle atmosphere—constituent transport and chemistry, Atmospheric Composition and Structure, Troposphere—constituent transport and chemistry, Meteorology and Atmospheric Dynamics, Stratosphere/troposphere interactions

Journal
Geophysical Research Letters
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American Geophysical Union
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