Use of levoglucosan, potassium, and water-soluble organic carbon to characterize the origins of biomass-burning aerosols

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 61, Issue , 2012, Pages 562-569

  Urban, Roberta Cerasi ^a   Lima Souza, Michele ^b   Caetano Silva, Letícia ^b   Queiroz, Maria Eugênia C ^a   Nogueira, Raquel F P ^b   Allen, Andrew G ^b   Cardoso, Arnaldo A ^b   Held, Gerhard ^b   Campos, Maria Lucia A M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Cloud condensation nuclei; Organic carbon; S o Paulo State; Sugar cane

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL SAMPLES; AS-SOILS; AVERAGE CONCENTRATION; BIOMASS-BURNING; BRAZIL; CHEMICAL SPECIES; CLOUD CONDENSATION NUCLEI; CLOUD FORMATION; DIURNAL PATTERN; FINE PARTICLES; FLAMING COMBUSTION; HIGH CONCENTRATION; INORGANIC IONS; LEVOGLUCOSAN; LINEAR COEFFICIENTS; LINEAR CORRELATION; PARTICULATE MATERIALS; POTASSIUM CONCENTRATIONS; PRECIPITATION PATTERNS; SMALL PARTICLES; WATER-SOLUBLE ORGANIC CARBON;

AEROSOLS; CONDENSATION; CROPS; ORGANIC CARBON; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RURAL AREAS; SUGAR CANE;

BIOMASS;

FERTILIZER; LEVOGLUCOSAN; ORGANIC CARBON; POTASSIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER; WATER SOLUBLE ORGANIC CARBON;

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; AIR SAMPLING; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOMASS BURNING; HARVESTING; ORGANIC CARBON; POTASSIUM; RESUSPENSION; RURAL AREA; SOIL FERTILITY; SUGAR CANE;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; BRAZIL; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); PARTICLE RESUSPENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BRAZIL; SAO PAULO [BRAZIL];

SACCHARUM;

EID: 84865469051     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2012.07.082     Document Type: Article

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