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Canadian Wildfire Smoke Episode over Europe in October 2023: Lidar, Sun-Photometer, and Model Characterization of Smoke Layers Observed Above Sofia, Bulgaria

by
Tsvetina Evgenieva
,
Stefan Dosev
,
Ljuan Gurdev
,
Liliya Vulkova
,
Zahari Peshev
,
Eleonora Toncheva
,
Lyubomir Popov
,
Orlin Vankov
and
Tanja Dreischuh
*
Institute of Electronics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 72 Tsarigradsko Chaussee Blvd, 1784 Sofia, Bulgaria
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Remote Sens. 2025, 17(16), 2899; https://doi.org/10.3390/rs17162899
Submission received: 31 May 2025 / Revised: 7 August 2025 / Accepted: 15 August 2025 / Published: 20 August 2025
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Remote Sensing of Atmospheric Vertical Profile—Air Quality, Pollution and Aerosol Optical Properties)
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Abstract

Massive wildfires release enormous amounts of biomass-burning (BB) aerosols into the atmosphere, which might have a major impact on its thermal and radiative budget, as well as the environment and human health. This work presents the results of a study and characterization of a long-range transport episode of smoke aerosols from Canadian forest fires towards the entirety of Europe, as observed over Sofia, Bulgaria, in early October 2023. This study makes use of data from combined lidar, ceilometer, and sun-photometer measurements, supported by model and forecast data, meteorological radiosonde profiling, and (re)analyses, together with tracking and mapping of the aerosol air transport. A distinctive feature of the considered episode over Europe is the downward movement of the air masses, entraining smoke aerosols from the continental mid-troposphere down to the near-surface layers. The driving mechanism of the long-range transport of BB aerosols and their spread over Europe is revealed. Optical parameters of the registered aerosols are determined and vertically profiled with a high range resolution by lidar data analysis. A wide set of columnar optical and microphysical aerosol characteristics is also provided by sun-photometer measurements. The results show a dominance of relatively fine modes of dry smoke particles in the submicron size range, with a predominantly low degree of non-sphericity, indicating minimal up-size aging during the BB aerosol transport from Canada to the Sofia region. The average daily aerosol radiative forcing is determined by sun-photometer measurements and briefly discussed.
Keywords: biomass-burning aerosol; Canadian wildfires; long-range transport; aerosol optical and microphysical properties; lidar; ceilometer; sun photometer biomass-burning aerosol; Canadian wildfires; long-range transport; aerosol optical and microphysical properties; lidar; ceilometer; sun photometer

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Evgenieva, T.; Dosev, S.; Gurdev, L.; Vulkova, L.; Peshev, Z.; Toncheva, E.; Popov, L.; Vankov, O.; Dreischuh, T. Canadian Wildfire Smoke Episode over Europe in October 2023: Lidar, Sun-Photometer, and Model Characterization of Smoke Layers Observed Above Sofia, Bulgaria. Remote Sens. 2025, 17, 2899. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs17162899

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Evgenieva T, Dosev S, Gurdev L, Vulkova L, Peshev Z, Toncheva E, Popov L, Vankov O, Dreischuh T. Canadian Wildfire Smoke Episode over Europe in October 2023: Lidar, Sun-Photometer, and Model Characterization of Smoke Layers Observed Above Sofia, Bulgaria. Remote Sensing. 2025; 17(16):2899. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs17162899

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Evgenieva, Tsvetina, Stefan Dosev, Ljuan Gurdev, Liliya Vulkova, Zahari Peshev, Eleonora Toncheva, Lyubomir Popov, Orlin Vankov, and Tanja Dreischuh. 2025. "Canadian Wildfire Smoke Episode over Europe in October 2023: Lidar, Sun-Photometer, and Model Characterization of Smoke Layers Observed Above Sofia, Bulgaria" Remote Sensing 17, no. 16: 2899. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs17162899

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Evgenieva, T., Dosev, S., Gurdev, L., Vulkova, L., Peshev, Z., Toncheva, E., Popov, L., Vankov, O., & Dreischuh, T. (2025). Canadian Wildfire Smoke Episode over Europe in October 2023: Lidar, Sun-Photometer, and Model Characterization of Smoke Layers Observed Above Sofia, Bulgaria. Remote Sensing, 17(16), 2899. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs17162899

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