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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-14-3731-2020
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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-14-3731-2020
© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
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Research article
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Research article |
| 05 Nov 2020
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Tracing devastating fires in Portugal to a snow archive in the Swiss Alps: a case study
Dimitri Osmont
Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institut, 5232
Villigen, Switzerland
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Bern, 3012
Bern, Switzerland
Oeschger Centre for Climate Change Research, University of Bern, 3012 Bern, Switzerland
current address: Institut des Géosciences de l’Environnement, Université Grenoble-Alpes, 38400 Saint Martin d'Hères, France
Sandra Brugger
Oeschger Centre for Climate Change Research, University of Bern, 3012 Bern, Switzerland
Institute of Plant Sciences, University of Bern, 3012 Bern,
Switzerland
Anina Gilgen
Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science, ETH Zürich, 8092
Zürich, Switzerland
Helga Weber
Oeschger Centre for Climate Change Research, University of Bern, 3012 Bern, Switzerland
Institute of Geography, University of Bern, 3012 Bern, Switzerland
Michael Sigl
Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institut, 5232
Villigen, Switzerland
Oeschger Centre for Climate Change Research, University of Bern, 3012 Bern, Switzerland
Robin L. Modini
Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institut, 5232
Villigen, Switzerland
Christoph Schwörer
Oeschger Centre for Climate Change Research, University of Bern, 3012 Bern, Switzerland
Institute of Plant Sciences, University of Bern, 3012 Bern,
Switzerland
Willy Tinner
Oeschger Centre for Climate Change Research, University of Bern, 3012 Bern, Switzerland
Institute of Plant Sciences, University of Bern, 3012 Bern,
Switzerland
Stefan Wunderle
Oeschger Centre for Climate Change Research, University of Bern, 3012 Bern, Switzerland
Institute of Geography, University of Bern, 3012 Bern, Switzerland
Margit Schwikowski
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institut, 5232
Villigen, Switzerland
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Bern, 3012
Bern, Switzerland
Oeschger Centre for Climate Change Research, University of Bern, 3012 Bern, Switzerland
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Short summary
In this interdisciplinary case study, we were able to link biomass burning emissions from the June 2017 wildfires in Portugal to their deposition in the snowpack at Jungfraujoch, Swiss Alps. We analysed black carbon and charcoal in the snowpack, calculated backward trajectories, and monitored the fire evolution by remote sensing. Such case studies help to understand the representativity of biomass burning records in ice cores and how biomass burning tracers are archived in the snowpack.
In this interdisciplinary case study, we were able to link biomass burning emissions from the...
