Australia's Black Summer pyrocumulonimbus super outbreak reveals potential for increasingly extreme stratospheric smoke events

DA Peterson, MD Fromm, RHD McRae… - NPJ climate and …, 2021 - nature.com
Abstract The Black Summer fire season of 2019–2020 in southeastern Australia contributed
to an intense 'super outbreak'of fire-induced and smoke-infused thunderstorms, known as …

Understanding the critical elements of the pyrocumulonimbus storm sparked by high-intensity wildland fire

M Fromm, R Servranckx, BJ Stocks… - Communications Earth & …, 2022 - nature.com
High-intensity wildland fires can produce extreme flaming and smoke emissions that
develop into a fire-cloud chimney, reaching into the upper troposphere or lower …

Australian pyroCb smoke generates synoptic‐scale stratospheric anticyclones

GP Kablick III, DR Allen, MD Fromm… - Geophysical …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Fires in southeastern Australia produced at least 18 pyrocumulonimbus (pyroCb) between
29 December 2019 and 4 January 2020. The largest plumes from this event exhibited …

Roles of atmospheric aerosols in extreme meteorological events: A systematic review

Z Wang, L Xue, J Liu, K Ding, S Lou, A Ding… - Current Pollution …, 2022 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review Atmospheric aerosol from both natural and anthropogenic
activities has long been acknowledged as one of the important factors influencing regional …

Notable impact of wildfires in the western United States on weather hazards in the central United States

Y Zhang, J Fan, M Shrivastava… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
Increased wildfire events constitute a significant threat to life and property in the United
States. Wildfire impact on severe storms and weather hazards is another pathway that …

Stratospheric injection of massive smoke plume from Canadian boreal fires in 2017 as seen by DSCOVR‐EPIC, CALIOP, and OMPS‐LP observations

O Torres, PK Bhartia, G Taha, H Jethva… - Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
A carbonaceous aerosol plume associated with wildfires in British Columbia in August 2017
reached the stratosphere a few days following the fires onset. The Earth Polychromatic …

[HTML][HTML] The CALIPSO version 4.5 stratospheric aerosol subtyping algorithm

JL Tackett, J Kar, MA Vaughan… - Atmospheric …, 2023 - amt.copernicus.org
The accurate classification of aerosol types injected into the stratosphere is important to
properly characterize their chemical and radiative impacts within the Earth climate system …

Contrasting stratospheric smoke mass and lifetime from 2017 Canadian and 2019/2020 Australian megafires: Global simulations and satellite observations

G D'Angelo, S Guimond, J Reisner… - Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Stratospheric injections of carbonaceous aerosols and combustion gases by extreme
wildfires have become increasingly common. Recent “megafires,” particularly large and …

[HTML][HTML] Measurements from inside a thunderstorm driven by wildfire: The 2019 FIREX-AQ field experiment

DA Peterson, LH Thapa, PE Saide… - Bulletin of the …, 2022 - journals.ametsoc.org
Abstract The 2019 Fire Influence on Regional to Global Environments and Air Quality
(FIREX-AQ) field experiment obtained a diverse set of in-situ and remotely-sensed …

Wildfire impact on environmental thermodynamics and severe convective storms

Y Zhang, J Fan, T Logan, Z Li… - Geophysical Research …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Wildfires are extreme events associated with weather, climate, and environment and have
been increasing globally in frequency, burn season length, and burned area. It is of great …