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Smoke Plumes from Wildfires and the Electrical State of the Surface Air Layer

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Using ground-based observation and satellite remote sensing data from 2006 to 2020 the smoke effect from distant wildfires in Siberia on the electrical state of the surface air layer is studied. The cases are considered where smoke covers the troposphere down to the surface layer and where smoke is observed only in the middle and upper troposphere. It is found that smoke from wildfires in these cases strongly but differently affects the electrical state of the surface air layer.

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The work was supported by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation (Institute of Monitoring of Climatic and Ecological Systems, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, assignment no. 121031300154-1).

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  1. Institute of High Current Electronics, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, 634055, Tomsk, Russia

    P. M. Nagorskiy, K. N. Pustovalov & S. V. Smirnov

  2. National Research Tomsk State University, 634050, Tomsk, Russia

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Nagorskiy, P.M., Pustovalov, K.N. & Smirnov, S.V. Smoke Plumes from Wildfires and the Electrical State of the Surface Air Layer. Atmos Ocean Opt 35, 387–393 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1024856022040133

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