Are you interested in a Master thesis at UiO ? Check out the following page: Tracking Wildfire Smoke: Combining Space Observations with Atmospheric Transport Models – Department of Geosciences
In 2025, Canada experienced exceptionally intense wildfires, producing massive smoke plumes that were repeatedly transported across the Atlantic and observed over Europe. These long-range transported aerosol layers are of societal concern because they can degrade air quality and affect human health, influence clouds, and perturb the Earth’s radiation budget, thereby impacting climate. An ongoing master’s thesis examines transport pathways and aerosol aging related to the Canadian wildfires. The figure shows the modeled aerosol concentrations (upper two panels) and the satellite-derived aerosol extinction (third panel) and type classification (lowest panel) for a satellite overpass on June 4, 2025.
