Vertical Distribution of Black Carbon during DC3 and the Influence of Thunderstorms on the Transport of Biomass Burning Layers into the Free Troposphere

Katharina Heimerl1,2, Bernadett Weinzierl2,3, Daniel N Sauer2, Daniel Fütterer2, Michael Lichtenstern2, Hans Schlager2, Dr. Joshua Peter Schwarz, PhD4, Milos Z Markovic5,6, Anne Elizabeth Perring7, Johnathan W Hair8, Carolyn F Butler9, Marta A Fenn9 and Heidi Huntrieser10, (1)Ludwig Maximilians Universität, Meteorological Institute, Faculty of Physics, Munich, Germany, (2)German Aerospace Center (DLR), Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany, (3)University of Vienna, Faculty of Physics, Aerosol Physics and Environmental Physics, Vienna, Austria, (4)NOAA Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States, (5)Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, Boulder, CO, United States, (6)Piccaro Inc., Santa Clara, CA, United States, (7)Colgate University, Hamilton, NY, United States, (8)NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, United States, (9)NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA, United States, (10)German Aerospace Center DLR Oberpfaffenhofen, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany