Articles | Volume 10, issue 1
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-10-179-2017
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-10-179-2017
Research article
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13 Jan 2017
Research article |  | 13 Jan 2017

Radiative characteristics of aerosol during extreme fire event over Siberia in summer 2012

Tatiana B. Zhuravleva, Dmitriy M. Kabanov, Ilmir M. Nasrtdinov, Tatiana V. Russkova, Sergey M. Sakerin, Alexander Smirnov, and Brent N. Holben

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AERONET Data Download Tool GSFC NASA http://aeronet.gsfc.nasa.gov

LANCE-MODIS data system GSFC Terrestrial Information Systems Laboratory http://lance-modis.eosdis.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/imagery/firemaps.cgi

Giovanni online data system NASA GES DISC http://giovanni.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/giovanni/

MT_CKD Continuum Model Atmospheric and Environmental Research http://rtweb.aer.com/continuum_frame.html

Reliable prognosis Raspisaniye Pogodi Ltd. http://rp5.ru

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Short summary
Aerosol properties were studied during a mega-fire event in summer 2012 over Siberia using ground-based measurements of spectral solar radiation at the AERONET site in Tomsk and satellite observations. The data were analysed using multi-year measurements under background conditions and yearly observed wildfires. It is shown that the aerosol radiation characteristics during individual severe fires differ significantly from the ensemble smoke hazes which are typical for the Siberian region.