Enhancement of Surface Cooling Due to Forest Fire Smoke
- 11 November 1988
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 242 (4880) , 911-913
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.242.4880.911
Abstract
Smoke emitted from forest fires in northern California in September 1987 was trapped in a valley by an inversion for 3 weeks. Daily maximum temperatures on the valley floor were more than 15.degree.C below normal for 1 week and more than 5.degree.C below normal for 3 weeks. The smoke strengthened the inversion by preventing surface warming by solar radiation, thereby enhancing the smoke trapping and the surface cooling in a positive feedback loop. These results may have implications for nuclear winter.This publication has 3 references indexed in Scilit:
- The Effects on the Atmosphere of a Major Nuclear ExchangePublished by The National Academies Press ,1985
- Nuclear Winter: Global Consequences of Multiple Nuclear ExplosionsScience, 1983
- The Great Smoke Pall — September 24–30, 1950Weatherwise, 1950