On the vertical distribution of smoke in the Amazonian atmosphere during the dry season

Marenco, Franco; Johnson, Ben; Langridge, Justin M.; Mulcahy, Jane; Benedetti, Angela; Remy, Samuel; Jones, Luke; Szpek, Kate; Haywood, Jim; Longo, Karla; Artaxo, Paulo

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-2155-2016

Articles | Volume 16, issue 4

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-2155-2016

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South AMerican Biomass Burning Analysis (SAMBBA)

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-2155-2016

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Articles | Volume 16, issue 4

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25 Feb 2016

Research article |

| 25 Feb 2016

On the vertical distribution of smoke in the Amazonian atmosphere during the dry season

Franco Marenco, Ben Johnson, Justin M. Langridge, Jane Mulcahy, Angela Benedetti, Samuel Remy, Luke Jones, Kate Szpek, Jim Haywood, Karla Longo, and Paulo Artaxo

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RC C10115: 'Reviewer's comments', Anonymous Referee #1, 04 Dec 2015
- AC C11980: 'Response to reviewer's comments - reviewer 1', Franco Marenco, 25 Jan 2016
RC C10544: 'Review of "Smoke in the Amazonian atmosphere" by F. Marenco et al.', Anonymous Referee #2, 17 Dec 2015
- AC C11985: 'Response to the review of "Smoke in the Amazonian atmosphere" - reviewer 2', Franco Marenco, 25 Jan 2016

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AR by Franco Marenco on behalf of the Authors (28 Jan 2016) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (07 Feb 2016) by Scot Martin

AR by Franco Marenco on behalf of the Authors (12 Feb 2016)

Short summary

A widespread and persistent smoke layer was observed in the Amazon region during the biomass burning season, spanning a distance of 2200 km and a period of 14 days. The larger smoke content was typically found in elevated layers, from 1–1.5 km to 4–6 km. Measurements have been compared to model predictions, and the latter were able to reproduce the general features of the smoke layer, but with some differences which are analysed and described in the paper.