Summer 2009 wildfires in Portugal: Emission of trace gases and aerosol composition

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 641-649

  Alves, Célia ^a   Vicente, Ana ^a   Nunes, Teresa ^a   Gonçalves, Cátia ^a   Fernandes, Ana Patrícia ^a   Mirante, Fátima ^a   Tarelho, Luís ^a   Sánchez de la Campa, Ana M ^b   Querol, Xavier ^c   Caseiro, Alexandre ^a   Monteiro, Cristina ^a   Evtyugina, Margarita ^a   Pio, Casimiro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HUELVA   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND WATER RESEARCH   (Spain)

Author keywords

Carbonaceous particles; Emission factors; Metals; Trace gases; Water soluble ions; Wildfires

Indexed keywords

CARBONACEOUS PARTICLES; EMISSION FACTORS; TRACE-GASES; WATER-SOLUBLE IONS; WILDFIRES;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; BARIUM; BIOMASS; CHROMATOGRAPHY; DEFORESTATION; ECOLOGY; ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION; FIRES; GLASS FIBERS; HYDROCARBONS; INCLUSIONS; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; ION CHROMATOGRAPHY; IONS; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; MANGANESE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; ORGANIC CARBON; QUARTZ; SAMPLING; ZIRCONIUM;

TRACE ELEMENTS;

CARBON DIOXIDE; HYDROCARBON;

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; AIR SAMPLING; ATMOSPHERIC PLUME; BIOME; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; CARBON MONOXIDE; CARBONATE; CHEMICAL PROPERTY; EMISSION INVENTORY; FOREST FIRE; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; ION CHROMATOGRAPHY; QUARTZ; SAMPLER; SAVANNA; SMOKE; TRACE GAS; TROPICAL FOREST; WILDFIRE;

AFRICA; AIR ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; BIOME; ECOSYSTEM; EXHAUST GAS; FIRE; GAS; PARTICULATE MATTER; PLUME; PORTUGAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH AMERICA; SUMMER; TROPICAL RAIN FOREST;

AEROSOLS; BARIUM; BIOMASS; CHROMATOGRAPHY; DEFORESTATION; ECOLOGY; FOREST FIRES; GLASS FIBERS; HYDROCARBONS; ION CHROMATOGRAPHY; IONS; METALS; TRACE ELEMENTS;

PORTUGAL;

EID: 78751591714     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2010.10.031     Document Type: Article

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