Aerosol single scattering albedo dependence on biomass combustion efficiency: Laboratory and field studies

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 742-748

  Liu, Shang ^a   Aiken, Allison C ^a   Arata, Caleb ^a   Dubey, Manvendra K ^a   Stockwell, Chelsea E ^b   Yokelson, Robert J ^b   Stone, Elizabeth A ^c   Jayarathne, Thilina ^c   Robinson, Allen L ^d   Demott, Paul J ^e   Kreidenweis, Sonia M ^e  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^c E11 SSH   (United States)

^d CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

biomass burning; brown carbon; combustion efficiency; FLAME; single scattering albedo; wavelength dependence

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; BIOMASS; COMBUSTION; PARAMETERIZATION; SCATTERING; SOLAR RADIATION;

BIOMASS-BURNING; BROWN CARBONS; COMBUSTION EFFICIENCIES; FLAME; SINGLE SCATTERING ALBEDO; WAVELENGTH DEPENDENCE;

AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL PROPERTY; ALBEDO; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOMASS BURNING; COMBUSTION; FIELDWORK; GRASS; LABORATORY METHOD; PARAMETERIZATION; RADIATIVE FORCING; SCATTERING; WILDFIRE;

POACEAE;

EID: 84892633122     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013GL058392     Document Type: Article

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