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Assessment of smoke plume height products derived from multisource satellite observations using lidar-derived height metrics for wildfires in the western US
Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA
now at: School of Environmental, Civil, Agricultural and Mechanical Engineering, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA
S. Marcela Loría-Salazar
School of Meteorology, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73072, USA
Environmental and Climate Sciences Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY 11973, USA
Jaehwa Lee
Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20740, USA
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA
Heather A. Holmes
Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA
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Increased wildfire intensity has resulted in taller wildfire smoke plumes. We investigate the vertical structure of wildfire smoke plumes using aircraft lidar data and establish two effective smoke plume height metrics. Four novel satellite-based plume height products are evaluated for wildfires in the western US. Our results provide guidance on the strengths and limitations of these satellite products and set the stage for improved plume rise estimates by leveraging satellite products.
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