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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-3813-2016
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the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-3813-2016
© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Research article
| 
22 Mar 2016
Research article |
| 22 Mar 2016
In situ measurements and modeling of reactive trace gases in a small biomass burning plume
Markus Müller
Institute of Ion Physics and Applied Physics, University
of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
Department of Chemistry, University of Montana, Missoula,
MT, USA
Bruce E. Anderson
NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA,
USA
Andreas J. Beyersdorf
NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA,
USA
James H. Crawford
NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA,
USA
Glenn S. Diskin
NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA,
USA
Philipp Eichler
Institute of Ion Physics and Applied Physics, University
of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
Alan Fried
Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, University of
Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA
Frank N. Keutsch
School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Department of
Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA,
USA
Tomas Mikoviny
Department of Chemistry, University of Oslo, Oslo,
Norway
Kenneth L. Thornhill
NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA,
USA
Science Systems and Applications, Inc., Hampton, VA,
USA
James G. Walega
Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, University of
Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA
Andrew J. Weinheimer
Atmospheric Chemistry Observations and Modeling
Laboratory, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO,
USA
Melissa Yang
NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA,
USA
Robert J. Yokelson
Department of Chemistry, University of Montana, Missoula,
MT, USA
Armin Wisthaler
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Institute of Ion Physics and Applied Physics, University
of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
Department of Chemistry, University of Oslo, Oslo,
Norway
Data sets
DISCOVER-AQ data (PTR-ToF-MS) M. Müller, P. Eichler, T. Mikoviny, A. Wisthaler https://doi.org/10.5067/Aircraft/DISCOVER-AQ/Aerosol-TraceGas
Short summary
Atmospheric emissions from small forest fires and their impact on regional air quality are still poorly characterized. We used an instrumented NASA P-3B aircraft to study emissions from a small forest understory fire in Georgia (USA) and to investigate chemical transformations in the fire plume in the 1 h downwind region. A state-of-the-art chemical model was able to accurately simulate key chemical processes in the aging plume.
Atmospheric emissions from small forest fires and their impact on regional air quality are still...
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