Biomass burning dominates brown carbon absorption in the rural southeastern United States

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 653-664

  Washenfelder, R A ^a,b   Attwood, A R ^a,b,c   Brock, C A ^b   Guo, H ^d   Xu, L ^e   Weber, R J ^d   Ng, N L ^d,e   Allen, H M ^f,g   Ayres, B R ^f   Baumann, K ^h   Cohen, R C ⁱ   Draper, D C ^f,j   Duffey, K C ⁱ   Edgerton, E ^h   Fry, J L ^f   Hu, W W ^a   Jimenez, J L ^a   Palm, B B ^a   Romer, P ⁱ   Stone, E A ^k   Wooldridge, P J ⁱ   Brown, S S ^a,b   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Horiba Scientific   (United States)

^d GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^f REED COLLEGE   (United States)

^g California Institute of Technology   (United States)

^h Atmospheric Research and Analysis Inc   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^k University of Iowa   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

aerosol optical properties; atmospheric aerosol; biomass burning; brown carbon; cavity enhanced spectroscopy; Southern Oxidant and Aerosol Study

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; BIOMASS; CARBON; FOG; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT EXTINCTION; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

AEROSOL OPTICAL PROPERTY; BIOMASS-BURNING; BROWN CARBONS; CAVITY ENHANCED SPECTROSCOPY; SOUTHERN OXIDANT AND AEROSOL STUDY;

AEROSOLS;

ADSORPTION; AEROSOL PROPERTY; BIOMASS BURNING; BROWN CARBON; CARBON CYCLE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); RURAL AREA; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; WAVELENGTH;

ALABAMA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84923574796     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014GL062444     Document Type: Article

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