Articles | Volume 18, issue 15
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-11289-2018
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-11289-2018
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13 Aug 2018
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Formation and evolution of tar balls from northwestern US wildfires

Arthur J. Sedlacek III, Peter R. Buseck, Kouji Adachi, Timothy B. Onasch, Stephen R. Springston, and Lawrence Kleinman

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ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (29 Jun 2018) by Manvendra Krishna Dubey
AR by Anna Wenzel on behalf of the Authors (03 Jul 2018)  Author's response
ED: Publish as is (12 Jul 2018) by Manvendra Krishna Dubey
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This paper presents the first direct atmospheric observations of the formation and evolution of tar balls (TBs) in forest fires collected during the Department of Energy’s Biomass Burning Observation Project (BBOP). We quantify, for the first time, the TB mass fraction in the BB plumes and show that this mass fraction increases from less than 1 % to 50 % within the first couple of hours of plume aging. Using Mie theory we find that TBs are consistent with being weak light absorbers.
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