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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-7319-2019
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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-7319-2019
© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Atmospheric evolution of molecular-weight-separated brown carbon from biomass burning
School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30331, USA
Maria Tsagkaraki
Environmental Chemical Processes Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of Crete, 71003 Heraklion, Greece
Irini Tsiodra
Environmental Chemical Processes Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of Crete, 71003 Heraklion, Greece
ICE-HT, Foundation for Research and Technology – Hellas, 26504 Patras, Greece
Nikolaos Mihalopoulos
Environmental Chemical Processes Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of Crete, 71003 Heraklion, Greece
IERSD, National Observatory of Athens, 15236 Palea Penteli, Greece
Kalliopi Violaki
Aix-Marseille University, Mediterranean Institute of Oceanography (MIO) UMR 7294,
University de Toulon, CNRS, IRD, France
Maria Kanakidou
Environmental Chemical Processes Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of Crete, 71003 Heraklion, Greece
Jean Sciare
Energy Environment and Water Research Center, The Cyprus Institute, Nicosia 1645, Cyprus
Athanasios Nenes
School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30331, USA
ICE-HT, Foundation for Research and Technology – Hellas, 26504 Patras, Greece
IERSD, National Observatory of Athens, 15236 Palea Penteli, Greece
Laboratory of Atmospheric Processes and their Impacts, School of Architecture,
Civil and Environmental Engineering, École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, 1015, Switzerland
Rodney J. Weber
School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30331, USA
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Atmospheric evolution of molecular weight separated brown carbon from biomass burning Jenny Pui Shan Wong, Maria Tsagaraki, Irini Tsiodra, Nikolaos Mihalopoulos, Kalliopi Violaki, Maria Kanakidou, Jean Sciare, Athanasios Nenes, and Rodney J. Weber https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.896731
Short summary
Biomass burning is a major source of light-absorbing organic species in atmospheric aerosols, and it can play an important role in climate and atmospheric chemistry. Through a combination of laboratory experiments and field observations, this work demonstrated that the light absorption properties of aged biomass burning organic aerosols are dominated by high-molecular-weight compounds. In addition, we found that total hydrated sugars may be a robust tracer for aged biomass burning aerosols.
Biomass burning is a major source of light-absorbing organic species in atmospheric aerosols,...
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