Emissions from laboratory combustion of wildland fuels: Emission factors and source profiles

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 41, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 4317-4325

  Chen, L W Antony ^a   Moosmüller, Hans ^a   Arnott, W Patrick ^a,c   Chow, Judith C ^a   Watson, John G ^a   Susott, Ronald A ^b   Babbitt, Ronald E ^b   Wold, Cyle E ^b   Lincoln, Emily N ^b   Wei, Min Hao ^b  

^a DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; COMBUSTION; LIGHT ABSORPTION; THERMOANALYSIS;

COMBUSTION EFFICIENCY; ELEMENTAL CARBON (EC); EMISSION FACTORS; EMISSION INVENTORIES;

PARTICULATE EMISSIONS;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON MONOXIDE; CHLORINE; FUEL; HYDROCARBON; KEROSENE; NITROGEN OXIDE; ORGANIC CARBON; POTASSIUM; SULFUR;

CARBON; COMBUSTION; LIGHT ABSORPTION; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; THERMOANALYSIS;

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON MONOXIDE; COMBUSTION; EMISSION INVENTORY; FUEL; LABORATORY METHOD; NITROGEN OXIDES; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTANT SOURCE; SMOKE;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; COMBUSTION; HIGH TEMPERATURE; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PARTICULATE MATTER; SPECTROSCOPY; THERMAL ANALYSIS;

AIR POLLUTION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON MONOXIDE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HYDROCARBONS; NITROGEN OXIDES; PARTICULATE MATTER;

EID: 34250840009     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es062364i     Document Type: Article

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