Environmental controls on pyrocumulus and pyrocumulonimbus initiation and development

Lareau, Neil P.; Clements, Craig B.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-4005-2016

Articles | Volume 16, issue 6

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-4005-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-4005-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 16, issue 6

Research article

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29 Mar 2016

Research article |

| 29 Mar 2016

Environmental controls on pyrocumulus and pyrocumulonimbus initiation and development

Neil P. Lareau and Craig B. Clements

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RC C9361: 'Review of Lareau and Clements, Environmental controls on pyrocumulus and pyrocumulonimbus initiation and development.', Michael Fromm, 16 Nov 2015
- AC C12477: 'Author Response', Neil Lareau, 16 Feb 2016
RC C11121: 'Review', Anonymous Referee #2, 05 Jan 2016
- AC C12478: 'Author Response', Neil Lareau, 16 Feb 2016

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AR by Neil Lareau on behalf of the Authors (17 Feb 2016) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (21 Feb 2016) by Patrick Chuang

RR by Michael Fromm (03 Mar 2016)

ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (03 Mar 2016) by Patrick Chuang

AR by Neil Lareau on behalf of the Authors (10 Mar 2016) Manuscript

Short summary

Lidar, radar, and radiosonde observations obtained during large wildfires shed new light on the initiation and development of pyrocumulus and pyrocumulonimbus clouds. Lidar data show, for example, that the condensation level in these towering convective plumes can be significantly higher than the condensation level in the ambient environment. Above the condensation level the subsequent cloud development is shown to be sensitive to wind shear and dry air entrainment, which limit vertical growth.