Wildfire and prescribed burning impacts on air quality in the United States

DA Jaffe, SM O'Neill, NK Larkin, AL Holder… - Journal of the Air & …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Air quality impacts from wildfires have been dramatic in recent years, with millions of people
exposed to elevated and sometimes hazardous fine particulate matter (PM 2.5) …

Aging effects on biomass burning aerosol mass and composition: A critical review of field and laboratory studies

AL Hodshire, A Akherati, MJ Alvarado… - … science & technology, 2019 - ACS Publications
Biomass burning is a major source of atmospheric particulate matter (PM) with impacts on
health, climate, and air quality. The particles and vapors within biomass burning plumes …

Aging of atmospheric brown carbon aerosol

RF Hems, EG Schnitzler, C Liu-Kang… - ACS Earth and Space …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Emitted by numerous primary sources and formed by secondary sources, atmospheric
brown carbon (BrC) aerosol is chemically complex. As BrC aerosol ages in the atmosphere …

Fire influence on regional to global Environments and air quality (FIREX‐AQ)

C Warneke, JP Schwarz, J Dibb… - Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The NOAA/NASA Fire Influence on Regional to Global Environments and Air
Quality (FIREX‐AQ) experiment was a multi‐agency, inter‐disciplinary research effort to:(a) …

Formation of Secondary Brown Carbon in Biomass Burning Aerosol Proxies through NO3 Radical Reactions

C Li, Q He, APS Hettiyadura, U Käfer… - Environmental …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Atmospheric brown carbon (BrC) is an important contributor to the radiative forcing of climate
by organic aerosols. Because of the molecular diversity of BrC compounds and their …

Influence of wildfire on urban ozone: An observationally constrained box modeling study at a site in the Colorado front range

PS Rickly, MM Coggon, KC Aikin… - Environmental …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Increasing trends in biomass burning emissions significantly impact air quality in North
America. Enhanced mixing ratios of ozone (O3) in urban areas during smoke-impacted …

Rapid dark aging of biomass burning as an overlooked source of oxidized organic aerosol

JK Kodros, DK Papanastasiou, M Paglione… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - pnas.org
Oxidized organic aerosol (OOA) is a major component of ambient particulate matter,
substantially impacting climate, human health, and ecosystems. OOA is readily produced in …

Rapid night-time nanoparticle growth in Delhi driven by biomass-burning emissions

S Mishra, SN Tripathi, VP Kanawade, SL Haslett… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Natural and anthropogenic biomass burning are among the major sources of particulate
pollution worldwide that affects air quality, climate and human health. Delhi, one of the …

Contribution of carbonyl chromophores in secondary brown carbon from nighttime oxidation of unsaturated heterocyclic volatile organic compounds

K Chen, R Mayorga, C Hamilton… - Environmental …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The light absorption properties of brown carbon (BrC), which are linked to molecular
chromophores, may play a significant role in the Earth's energy budget. While nitroaromatic …

Investigation of primary and secondary particulate brown carbon in two Chinese cities of **'an and Hong Kong in wintertime

Q Zhang, Z Shen, L Zhang, Y Zeng, Z Ning… - Environmental …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Brown carbon (BrC), an aerosol carbonaceous matter component, impacts atmospheric
radiation and global climate because of its absorption in the near-ultraviolet–visible region …