A method for smoke marker measurements and its potential application for determining the contribution of biomass burning from wildfires and prescribed fires to ambient PM2.5 organic carbon

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 113, Issue 22, 2008, Pages

  Sullivan, A P ^a   Holden, A S ^a   Patterson, L A ^a   McMeeking, G R ^a   Kreidenweis, S M ^a   Malm, W C ^b   Hao, W M ^c   Wold, C E ^c   Collett, Jr ^a  

^a Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^c USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; BIOMASS; ORGANIC CARBON; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); SMOKE;

AEROSOL; BIOMASS BURNING; CHROMATOGRAPHY; DETECTION METHOD; ION EXCHANGE; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; WILDFIRE;

EID: 58849117096     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JD010216     Document Type: Article

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