Transport of Canadian forest fire smoke over the UK as observed by lidar

Vaughan, Geraint; Draude, Adam P.; Ricketts, Hugo M. A.; Schultz, David M.; Adam, Mariana; Sugier, Jacqueline; Wareing, David P.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-11375-2018

Articles | Volume 18, issue 15

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-11375-2018

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-11375-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 18, issue 15

Research article

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14 Aug 2018

Research article |

| 14 Aug 2018

Transport of Canadian forest fire smoke over the UK as observed by lidar

Geraint Vaughan, Adam P. Draude, Hugo M. A. Ricketts, David M. Schultz, Mariana Adam, Jacqueline Sugier, and David P. Wareing

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SC1: 'On cases of anomalous (eastern) long-range transport of forest fire smoke', Sergei Sitnov, 18 Jan 2018
- AC1: 'Response to Sergei Sitnov', Geraint Vaughan, 05 Jun 2018
RC1: 'reviewer's report', Anonymous Referee #1, 16 Feb 2018
- AC2: 'Reply to reviewer 1', Geraint Vaughan, 05 Jun 2018
RC2: 'Review on “Transport of Canadian forest fire smoke over the UK as observed by', Anonymous Referee #2, 23 Mar 2018
- AC3: 'Response to Reviewer 2', Geraint Vaughan, 05 Jun 2018

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AR by Geraint Vaughan on behalf of the Authors (11 Jun 2018) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (26 Jun 2018) by Jui-Yuan Christine Chiu

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ED: Publish as is (09 Jul 2018) by Jui-Yuan Christine Chiu

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This paper examines an event in May 2016 when smoke from forest fires in Canada reached the UK at altitudes between 3 and 11 km above the surface. Although events of this kind are fairly common in the summer months, this one was unusual because it persisted for 9 days due to a stationary flow pattern that kept the smoky air from travelling away to the east. A network of lidars and ceilometers around the UK provided round-the-clock observations of the smoke event.