Extreme levels of Canadian wildfire smoke in the stratosphere over central Europe on 21–22 August 2017

Ansmann, Albert; Baars, Holger; Chudnovsky, Alexandra; Mattis, Ina; Veselovskii, Igor; Haarig, Moritz; Seifert, Patric; Engelmann, Ronny; Wandinger, Ulla

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-11831-2018

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-11831-2018

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Extreme levels of Canadian wildfire smoke in the stratosphere over central Europe on 21–22 August 2017

Albert Ansmann, Holger Baars, Alexandra Chudnovsky, Ina Mattis, Igor Veselovskii, Moritz Haarig, Patric Seifert, Ronny Engelmann, and Ulla Wandinger

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RC1: 'Anonymous referee comments on acp-2018-357 “Extreme levels of Canadian wildfire smoke in the stratosphere over central Europe – Part 1: AERONET, MODIS and lidar observations” by Albert Ansmann et al.', Anonymous Referee #1, 04 May 2018
RC2: 'Referee comment on Ansmann et al.', Anonymous Referee #2, 12 May 2018
AC1: 'final response by the authors', Albert Ansmann, 14 Jul 2018

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ED: Publish as is (31 Jul 2018) by Eduardo Landulfo

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Short summary

Extremely large light extinction coefficients of 500 Mm^-1, about 20 times higher than after the Pinatubo volcanic eruptions in 1991, were observed by EARLINET lidars in the stratosphere over central Europe from 21 to 22 August, 2017. This paper provides an overview based on ground-based (lidar, AERONET) and satellite (MODIS, OMI) remote sensing.