Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology MeteoSwiss

Long range transport of Canadian wildfire smoke to Europe in 2023: aerosol properties and spectral features of smoke particles

Abstract. The Canadian wildfires of 2023 had an unprecedented biomass burning season spanning from mid-April to late October. Towards the end of this long biomass burning season, there was a rare observation of smoke properties that occurred in about a week interval, that were di...