Articles | Volume 23, issue 4
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-23-2901-2023
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-23-2901-2023
Research article
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03 Mar 2023
Research article |  | 03 Mar 2023

Self-lofting of wildfire smoke in the troposphere and stratosphere: simulations and space lidar observations

Kevin Ohneiser, Albert Ansmann, Jonas Witthuhn, Hartwig Deneke, Alexandra Chudnovsky, Gregor Walter, and Fabian Senf

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Interactive discussion

Status: closed

Comment types: AC – author | RC – referee | CC – community | EC – editor | CEC – chief editor | : Report abuse
  • RC1: 'Comment on acp-2022-343', Michael Fromm, 09 Jun 2022
    • AC1: 'Reply on RC1', Kevin Ohneiser, 01 Nov 2022
  • RC2: 'Review of “Self-lofting of wildfire smoke in the troposphere and stratosphere caused by radiative heating: simulations vs space lidar observations” by Ohneiser et al. (2022)', Anonymous Referee #2, 25 Aug 2022
    • AC2: 'Reply on RC2', Kevin Ohneiser, 01 Nov 2022
  • EC1: 'Justification of decision on acp-2022-343', Kostas Tsigaridis, 09 Feb 2023

Peer review completion

AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision
AR by Kevin Ohneiser on behalf of the Authors (01 Nov 2022)  Author's response    Author's tracked changes    Manuscript
ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (15 Nov 2022) by Kostas Tsigaridis
RR by Michael Fromm (24 Nov 2022)
ED: Reconsider after major revisions (26 Nov 2022) by Kostas Tsigaridis
AR by Kevin Ohneiser on behalf of the Authors (06 Jan 2023)  Author's response    Author's tracked changes    Manuscript
ED: Publish as is (09 Feb 2023) by Kostas Tsigaridis
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Short summary
This study shows that smoke layers can reach the tropopause via the self-lofting effect within 3–7 d in the absence of pyrocumulonimbus convection if the aerosol optical thickness is larger than approximately 2 for a longer time period. When reaching the stratosphere, wildfire smoke can sensitively influence the stratospheric composition on a hemispheric scale and thus can affect the Earth’s climate and the ozone layer.
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