Articles | Volume 17, issue 18
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-11441-2017
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-11441-2017
Research article
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26 Sep 2017
Research article |  | 26 Sep 2017

Joint measurements of PM2. 5 and light-absorptive PM in woodsmoke-dominated ambient and plume environments

K. Max Zhang, George Allen, Bo Yang, Geng Chen, Jiajun Gu, James Schwab, Dirk Felton, and Oliver Rattigan

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Woodsmoke is a worldwide public health concern. A reliable marker for woodsmoke will be very useful in air-quality management. DC (Delta-C) has been proposed as a woodsmoke marker in previous studies. However, several researchers raised concerns of whether it is reliable. Our study took advantage of aerosol light absorption and PM2.5 data collected at three US cities/towns dominated by woodsmoke. We showed that DC can be a good qualitative and semi-quantitive marker, but with limitations.
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