Articles | Volume 17, issue 10
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-17-3279-2024
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-17-3279-2024
Research article
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29 May 2024
Research article |  | 29 May 2024

Geostationary aerosol retrievals of extreme biomass burning plumes during the 2019–2020 Australian bushfires

Daniel J. V. Robbins, Caroline A. Poulsen, Steven T. Siems, Simon R. Proud, Andrew T. Prata, Roy G. Grainger, and Adam C. Povey

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Interactive discussion

Status: closed

Comment types: AC – author | RC – referee | CC – community | EC – editor | CEC – chief editor | : Report abuse
  • RC1: 'Comment on egusphere-2023-2179', Antti Lipponen, 08 Dec 2023
  • RC2: 'Comment on egusphere-2023-2179', Marloes Penning de Vries, 22 Jan 2024

Peer review completion

AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision | EF: Editorial file upload
AR by Daniel Robbins on behalf of the Authors (07 Mar 2024)  Author's response   Author's tracked changes   Manuscript 
ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (11 Mar 2024) by Marloes Penning de Vries
AR by Daniel Robbins on behalf of the Authors (16 Mar 2024)  Author's response   Author's tracked changes   Manuscript 
ED: Publish as is (19 Mar 2024) by Marloes Penning de Vries
AR by Daniel Robbins on behalf of the Authors (20 Mar 2024)  Manuscript 
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Short summary
Extreme wildfire events are becoming more common with climate change. The smoke plumes associated with these wildfires are not captured by current operational satellite products due to their high optical thickness. We have developed a novel aerosol retrieval for the Advanced Himawari Imager to study these plumes. We find very high values of optical thickness not observed in other operational satellite products, suggesting these plumes have been missed in previous studies.