Composition, size and cloud condensation nuclei activity of biomass burning aerosol from northern Australian savannah fires

Mallet, Marc D.; Cravigan, Luke T.; Milic, Andelija; Alroe, Joel; Ristovski, Zoran D.; Ward, Jason; Keywood, Melita; Williams, Leah R.; Selleck, Paul; Miljevic, Branka

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-3605-2017

Articles | Volume 17, issue 5

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-3605-2017

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-3605-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 17, issue 5

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14 Mar 2017

Research article |

| 14 Mar 2017

Composition, size and cloud condensation nuclei activity of biomass burning aerosol from northern Australian savannah fires

Marc D. Mallet, Luke T. Cravigan, Andelija Milic, Joel Alroe, Zoran D. Ristovski, Jason Ward, Melita Keywood, Leah R. Williams, Paul Selleck, and Branka Miljevic

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This paper presents data on the size, composition and concentration of aerosol particles emitted from north Australian savannah fires and how these properties influence cloud condensation nuclei (CCN) concentrations. Both the size and composition of aerosol were found to be important in determining CCN. Despite large CCNc enhancements during periods of close biomass burning, the aerosol was very weakly hygroscopic which should be accounted for in climate models to avoid large CCNc overestimates.