A novel method for online analysis of gas and particle composition: description and evaluation of a Filter Inlet for Gases and AEROsols (FIGAERO)

FD Lopez-Hilfiker, C Mohr, M Ehn… - Atmospheric …, 2014 - amt.copernicus.org
We describe a novel inlet that allows measurement of both gas and particle molecular
composition when coupled to mass spectrometric, chromatographic, or optical sensors: the …

Boreal fire records in Northern Hemisphere ice cores: a review

M Legrand, J McConnell, H Fischer, EW Wolff… - Climate of the …, 2016 - cp.copernicus.org
Here, we review different attempts made since the early 1990s to reconstruct past forest fire
activity using chemical signals recorded in ice cores extracted from the Greenland ice sheet …

Aerosol characterization over the southeastern United States using high-resolution aerosol mass spectrometry: spatial and seasonal variation of aerosol composition …

L Xu, S Suresh, H Guo, RJ Weber… - … Chemistry and Physics, 2015 - acp.copernicus.org
We deployed a High-Resolution Time-of-Flight Aerosol Mass Spectrometer (HR-ToF-AMS)
and an Aerosol Chemical Speciation Monitor (ACSM) to characterize the chemical …

Atmospheric evolution of molecular-weight-separated brown carbon from biomass burning

JPS Wong, M Tsagkaraki, I Tsiodra… - Atmospheric …, 2019 - acp.copernicus.org
Biomass burning is a major source of atmospheric brown carbon (BrC), and through its
absorption of UV/VIS radiation, it can play an important role in the planetary radiative …

Secondary organic aerosol formation and primary organic aerosol oxidation from biomass-burning smoke in a flow reactor during FLAME-3

AM Ortega, DA Day, MJ Cubison… - Atmospheric …, 2013 - acp.copernicus.org
We report the physical and chemical effects of photochemically aging dilute biomass-
burning smoke. A" potential aerosol mass"(PAM) flow reactor was used with analysis by a …

Impact of biomass burning organic aerosol volatility on smoke concentrations downwind of fires

D Pagonis, V Selimovic… - Environmental …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Biomass burning particulate matter (BBPM) affects regional air quality and global climate,
with impacts expected to continue to grow over the coming years. We show that studies of …

First high-resolution emission inventory of levoglucosan for biomass burning and non-biomass burning sources in China

J Wu, S Kong, X Zeng, Y Cheng, Q Yan… - Environmental …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Levoglucosan (LG) emitted from non-biomass burning (non-BB) sources has given rise to
biased or even unreasonable source identification results when adopting LG as a distinct …

Increased biomass burning due to the economic crisis in Greece and its adverse impact on wintertime air quality in Thessaloniki

A Saffari, N Daher, C Samara, D Voutsa… - … science & technology, 2013 - ACS Publications
The recent economic crisis in Greece resulted in a serious wintertime air pollution episode in
Thessaloniki. This air quality deterioration was mostly due to the increased price of fuel oil …

Production of secondary organic aerosol during aging of biomass burning smoke from fresh fuels and its relationship to VOC precursors

AT Ahern, ES Robinson, DS Tkacik… - Journal of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
After smoke from burning biomass is emitted into the atmosphere, chemical and physical
processes change the composition and amount of organic aerosol present in the aged …

Gas-particle partitioning of primary organic aerosol emissions:(1) Gasoline vehicle exhaust

AA May, AA Presto, CJ Hennigan, NT Nguyen… - Atmospheric …, 2013 - Elsevier
The gas-particle partitioning of the primary organic aerosol (POA) emissions from fifty-one
light-duty gasoline vehicles (model years 1987–2012) was investigated at the California Air …