Atmospheric evolution of emissions from a boreal forest fire: the formation of highly functionalized oxygen-, nitrogen-, and sulfur-containing organic compounds

Ditto, Jenna C.; He, Megan; Hass-Mitchell, Tori N.; Moussa, Samar G.; Hayden, Katherine; Li, Shao-Meng; Liggio, John; Leithead, Amy; Lee, Patrick; Wheeler, Michael J.; Wentzell, Jeremy J. B.; Gentner, Drew R.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-255-2021

Articles | Volume 21, issue 1

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-255-2021

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-255-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 21, issue 1

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14 Jan 2021

Research article |

| 14 Jan 2021

Atmospheric evolution of emissions from a boreal forest fire: the formation of highly functionalized oxygen-, nitrogen-, and sulfur-containing organic compounds

Jenna C. Ditto, Megan He, Tori N. Hass-Mitchell, Samar G. Moussa, Katherine Hayden, Shao-Meng Li, John Liggio, Amy Leithead, Patrick Lee, Michael J. Wheeler, Jeremy J. B. Wentzell, and Drew R. Gentner

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RC1: 'Review of Ditto et al.', Anonymous Referee #1, 29 Aug 2020
RC2: 'Review of ACP-2020-619', Anonymous Referee #2, 16 Sep 2020
AC1: 'Response to reviewer comments', Jenna Ditto, 27 Oct 2020

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Forest fires are an important source of reactive organic gases and aerosols to the atmosphere. We analyzed organic aerosols collected from an aircraft above a boreal forest fire and reported an increasing contribution from compounds containing oxygen, nitrogen, and sulfur as the plume aged, with sulfide and ring-bound nitrogen functionality. Our results demonstrated chemistry that is important in biomass burning but also in urban/developing regions with high local nitrogen and sulfur emissions.