Prolonged and Pervasive Perturbations in the Composition of the Southern Hemisphere Midlatitude Lower Stratosphere From the Australian New Year's Fires

Santee, M. L.; Lambert, A.; Manney, G. L.; Livesey, N. J.; Froidevaux, L.; Neu, J. L.; Schwartz, M. J.; Millán, L. F.; Werner, F.; Read, W. G.; Park, M.; Fuller, R. A.; Ward, B. M.

doi:10.1029/2021gl096270

Prolonged and Pervasive Perturbations in the Composition of the Southern Hemisphere Midlatitude Lower Stratosphere From the Australian New Year's Fires

The 2019/2020 Australian New Year's wildfires injected record amounts of smoke and biomass burning products into the lower stratosphere. The Aura Microwave Limb Sounder (MLS) tracked the evolution of distinct plumes of fire–influenced air as they rapidly spiraled up to the mid–stratosphere. In th…