Emission of trace gases and organic components in smoke particles from a wildfire in a mixed-evergreen forest in Portugal

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 409, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1466-1475

  Alves, Célia A ^a   Vicente, Ana ^a   Monteiro, Cristina ^a   Gonçalves, Cátia ^a   Evtyugina, Margarita ^a   Pio, Casimiro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Emission factors; OC EC; Organic tracers; Particles; Wildfire

Indexed keywords

EMISSION FACTORS; OC/EC; ORGANIC TRACERS; PARTICLES; WILDFIRE;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; BIOPOLYMERS; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; CELLULOSE; DEGRADATION; DETECTORS; FIRES; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GLUCOSE; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OLEFINS; PARAFFINS; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; SMOKE; SOLVENT EXTRACTION;

ORGANIC CARBON;

ALKANE; ALKANOIC ACID; ALKANOL; ALKENE; BIOPOLYMER; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON MONOXIDE; CELLULOSE; GUAIACOL; HYDROCARBON; LEVOGLUCOSAN; LIGNIN; MONOACYLGLYCEROL; MONOSACCHARIDE; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC COMPOUND; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; STEROID; TERPENOID;

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOMARKER; BIOMASS BURNING; CARBON MONOXIDE; EMISSION; EVERGREEN FOREST; MIXED FOREST; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PAH; PARTICLE SIZE; PLUME; SMOKE; TRACE GAS; TRACER; WILDFIRE;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR SAMPLING; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ARTICLE; BIOMASS PRODUCTION; COMBUSTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIRE; FOGO SELVAGEM; FOREST; PARTICULATE MATTER; PLUME; PORTUGAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYROLYSIS; SMOKE;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON MONOXIDE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FIRES; HYDROCARBONS; PARTICLE SIZE; PORTUGAL; SMOKE; TREES;

PORTUGAL;

EID: 79951812029     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2010.12.025     Document Type: Article

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