Pyrocumulonimbus and its Role in the Climate System: What is known and unknown?

David A Peterson1, Michael D Fromm2, Edward J Hyer3, James R Campbell3, Melinda T Berman4, William Julstrom5, Christopher P Camacho3, Laura Thapa6, Rick McRae7, Pablo Saide8, Amber Jeanine Soja9, Ghassan Taha10,11, Theodore M McHardy12 and George P Kablick2, (1)US Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC, United States, (2)US Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, United States, (3)US Naval Research Laboratory, Monterey, United States, (4)University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Urbana, United States, (5)University of Iowa, Iowa City, United States, (6)University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, United States, (7)ACT Emergency Services Agency, Canberra, Australia, (8)University of California Los Angeles, Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, Los Angeles, United States, (9)National Institute of Aerospace, Hampton, United States, (10)Morgan State University, Baltimore, United States, (11)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, United States, (12)American Society for Engineering Education, Monterey, United States