Evaluation of the carbon content of aerosols from the burning of biomass in the Brazilian Amazon using thermal, optical and thermal-optical analysis methods

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 4425-4444

  Soto Garcia L L ^a   Andreae, M O ^b   Andreae, T W ^b   Artaxo, P ^c   Maenhaut, W ^d   Kirchstetter, T ^e   Novakov, T ^e   Chow, J C ^f   Mayol Bracero, O L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^e LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^f DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; BIOMASS BURNING; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DETECTION METHOD; DIURNAL VARIATION; GRAVIMETRY; OPTICAL METHOD; PARTICLE SIZE; SAMPLING; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON;

AMAZON BASIN; BRAZIL;

EID: 79956045810     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-11-4425-2011     Document Type: Article

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