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Research article
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09 Sep 2022
Research article |
| 09 Sep 2022
| 09 Sep 2022
Ozone depletion in the Arctic and Antarctic stratosphere induced by wildfire smoke
Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research, Leipzig, Germany
Kevin Ohneiser
Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research, Leipzig, Germany
Alexandra Chudnovsky
Porter School of the Environment and Earth Sciences, Tel-Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
Daniel A. Knopf
School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794-5000, USA
Edwin W. Eloranta
Space Science and Engineering Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
Diego Villanueva
Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Patric Seifert
Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research, Leipzig, Germany
Martin Radenz
Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research, Leipzig, Germany
Boris Barja
Atmospheric Research Laboratory, University of Magallanes, Punta Arenas, Chile
Félix Zamorano
Atmospheric Research Laboratory, University of Magallanes, Punta Arenas, Chile
Cristofer Jimenez
Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research, Leipzig, Germany
Ronny Engelmann
Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research, Leipzig, Germany
Holger Baars
Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research, Leipzig, Germany
Hannes Griesche
Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research, Leipzig, Germany
Julian Hofer
Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research, Leipzig, Germany
Dietrich Althausen
Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research, Leipzig, Germany
Ulla Wandinger
Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research, Leipzig, Germany
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Short summary
For the first time we present a systematic study on the impact of wildfire smoke on ozone depletion in the Arctic (2020) and Antarctic stratosphere (2020, 2021). Two major fire events in Siberia and Australia were responsible for the observed record-breaking stratospheric smoke pollution. Our analyses were based on lidar observations of smoke parameters (Polarstern, Punta Arenas) and NDACC Arctic and Antarctic ozone profiles as well as on Antarctic OMI satellite observations of column ozone.
For the first time we present a systematic study on the impact of wildfire smoke on ozone...
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