Project information

PETELINA, Dr Svetlana
La Trobe University
Davis, Australia (or home country)

Project aim

We investigate the impact of Black Saturday Australian bushfire in 2009 on the atmosphere above Australia and in the southern hemisphere in general, including Antarctica. Using high quality measurements collected by modern satellite and ground-based instruments, we study vertical and horizontal motion of the smoke plume, chemical composition of this plume, and chemical reactions between various molecules in the plume and other atmospheric gases. We want to answer an important question on how the bushfire plume may interact with the ozone molecules and whether it adds to the depletion of the protective ozone layer above Australia and above Antarctica.

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