The 2019/20 Australian wildfires generated a persistent smoke-charged vortex rising up to 35 km altitude

Sergey Khaykin; Bernard Legras; Silvia Bucci; Pasquale Sellitto; Lars Isaksen; Florent Tencé; Slimane Bekki; Adam Bourassa; Landon Rieger; Daniel Zawada; Julien Jumelet; Sophie Godin-Beekmann

doi:10.1038/s43247-020-00022-5

Communications Earth & Environment (Sep 2020)

The 2019/20 Australian wildfires generated a persistent smoke-charged vortex rising up to 35 km altitude

Sergey Khaykin,
Bernard Legras,
Silvia Bucci,
Pasquale Sellitto,
Lars Isaksen,
Florent Tencé,
Slimane Bekki,
Adam Bourassa,
Landon Rieger,
Daniel Zawada,
Julien Jumelet,
Sophie Godin-Beekmann

Affiliations

Sergey Khaykin: Laboratoire Atmosphères, Milieux, Observations Spatiales, UMR CNRS 8190, IPSL, Sorbonne Univ./UVSQ
Bernard Legras: Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique, UMR CNRS 8539, IPSL, PSL-ENS/Sorbonne Univ./Ecole Polytechnique
Silvia Bucci: Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique, UMR CNRS 8539, IPSL, PSL-ENS/Sorbonne Univ./Ecole Polytechnique
Pasquale Sellitto: Laboratoire Interuniversitaire des Systèmes Atmosphériques, UMR CNRS 7583, IPSL, Université Paris-Est Créteil/Université de Paris
Lars Isaksen: European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts
Florent Tencé: Laboratoire Atmosphères, Milieux, Observations Spatiales, UMR CNRS 8190, IPSL, Sorbonne Univ./UVSQ
Slimane Bekki: Laboratoire Atmosphères, Milieux, Observations Spatiales, UMR CNRS 8190, IPSL, Sorbonne Univ./UVSQ
Adam Bourassa: Institute of Space and Atmospheric Studies, University of Saskatchewan
Landon Rieger: Institute of Space and Atmospheric Studies, University of Saskatchewan
Daniel Zawada: Institute of Space and Atmospheric Studies, University of Saskatchewan
Julien Jumelet: Laboratoire Atmosphères, Milieux, Observations Spatiales, UMR CNRS 8190, IPSL, Sorbonne Univ./UVSQ
Sophie Godin-Beekmann: Laboratoire Atmosphères, Milieux, Observations Spatiales, UMR CNRS 8190, IPSL, Sorbonne Univ./UVSQ

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-020-00022-5
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 1, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

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The 2019/2020 Australian wildfires generated a smoke cloud that organized itself into a persistent vortex structure and ascended to 35 km altitude through solar heating, according to satellite tracking.

Published in Communications Earth & Environment

ISSN: 2662-4435 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science: Geology; Geography. Anthropology. Recreation: Environmental sciences
Website: https://www.nature.com/commsenv/

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