StratoFIRE will develop synergies between remote sensing and modeling to improve our understanding on the role of smoke in the stratosphere. StratoFIRE ’s methodology is organized in five Work Packages (WPs).
WP1: Management and Dissemination
Annual Progress Reports
WP2: Data collection from multiple sources (ground-based and space-borne)
D2.1: Inventory of stratospheric layers related to extreme pyroconvective events. Report
D2.2: Database of satellite-based observations of stratospheric smoke layers Data
D2.3: Database of ground-based observations of stratospheric smoke layers Data
WP3: Wildfire Emissions
D3.1: Report of the injection heights of stratospheric smoke for selected events. Report
D3.2: Report/paper of the stratospheric smoke emission inventories for selected cases.
D3.3: Report on the evaluation of FLEXPART with passive and active sensors from space.
WP4: Optical and microphysical characterization and radiative impact on specific cases
D4.1 Microphysical and optical properties of stratospheric smoke. Report
D4.2 Report/paper on the radiative properties of stratospheric smoke, along with a sensitivity analysis due to the uncertainties of the optical properties of the particles used in the calculations.
D4.3 Report/paper on the validation of results of D4.2 using radiation measurements at the ground and at the TOA. Validation of the heat fluxes provided in D4.2 using temperature profiles.
WP5: Global Impact of stratospheric smoke
D5.1 Global simulations inventory of Task 5.1. Data
D5.2 Report/paper on the global radiative forcing of selected stratospheric smoke injections.
D5.3 Report/paper on the climatic relevance of smoke injections in the stratosphere.