Physicochemical characterization of aged biomass burning aerosol after long-range transport to Greece from large scale wildfires in Russia and surrounding regions, Summer 2010

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 96, Issue , 2014, Pages 393-404

  Diapouli, E ^a   Popovicheva, O ^b   Kistler, M ^c   Vratolis, S ^a   Persiantseva, N ^b   Timofeev, M ^b   Kasper Giebl, A ^c   Eleftheriadis, K ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY   (Greece)

^b MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^c VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Aged biomass burning aerosol; Chemical speciation; Individual particle analysis; Long range transport; Optical properties; Wildfires event

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; BIOMASS; CALCIUM; CARBON; CHEMICAL SPECIATION; FIRES; FLY ASH; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

AEROSOL OPTICAL PROPERTY; BACK TRAJECTORY ANALYSIS; BIOMASS-BURNING; INDIVIDUAL PARTICLE ANALYSIS; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; MORPHOLOGY AND COMPOSITION; PHYSICO-CHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION; WILDFIRES EVENT;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS;

AMMONIUM SULFATE; CARBON; ION; ORGANIC CARBON;

AEROSOL; ALBEDO; BIOMASS BURNING; CARBONATE; FLY ASH; LIGHT SCATTERING; PARTICLE SIZE; SOOT; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); SUMMER; WILDFIRE;

ABSORPTION; AEROSOL; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; COMBUSTION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS AND RELATED PHENOMENA; FIRE; FOGO SELVAGEM; GREECE; LIGHT SCATTERING; ONLINE MONITORING; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SMOKE; SUMMER; UKRAINE;

GREECE; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; UKRAINE;

EID: 84907596381     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2014.07.055     Document Type: Article

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