This review presents a glossary and review of terminology used to describe the chemical
and physical processes involved in soot formation and evolution and is intended to aid in …

Organic carbon (OC) accounts for a large fraction of atmospheric aerosol and has profound
effects on air quality, atmospheric chemistry, and climate forcing. The molecular composition …

Black carbon aerosol plays a unique and important role in Earth's climate system. Black
carbon is a type of carbonaceous material with a unique combination of physical properties …

Although black carbon (BC) is one of the key atmospheric particulate components driving
climate change and air quality, there is no agreement on the terminology that considers all …

The understanding of soot formation in combustion processes and the optimization of
practical combustion systems require in situ measurement techniques that can provide …

1. INTRODUCTION Atmospheric aerosols play a key role in the Earth's atmosphere.
Aerosols influence cloud formation and their lifetime, they affect the distribution and amount …

Atmospheric black carbon (BC) warms Earth's climate, and its reduction has been targeted
for near-term climate change mitigation. Models that include forcing by BC assume internal …

Black carbon (BC) and light-absorbing organic carbon (brown carbon, BrC) play key roles in
warming the atmosphere, but the magnitude of their effects remains highly uncertain …

Bioaerosol sampling is an essential and integral part of any bioaerosol investigation. Since
bioaerosols are very diverse in terms of their sizes, species, biological properties, and …

Biomass burning is one of the largest sources of carbonaceous aerosols in the atmosphere,
significantly affecting earth's radiation budget and climate. Tar balls, abundant in biomass …