Articles | Volume 22, issue 12
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-22-8009-2022
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-22-8009-2022
Research article
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21 Jun 2022
Research article |  | 21 Jun 2022

Characteristics and evolution of brown carbon in western United States wildfires

Linghan Zeng, Jack Dibb, Eric Scheuer, Joseph M. Katich, Joshua P. Schwarz, Ilann Bourgeois, Jeff Peischl, Tom Ryerson, Carsten Warneke, Anne E. Perring, Glenn S. Diskin, Joshua P. DiGangi, John B. Nowak, Richard H. Moore, Elizabeth B. Wiggins, Demetrios Pagonis, Hongyu Guo, Pedro Campuzano-Jost, Jose L. Jimenez, Lu Xu, and Rodney J. Weber

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Interactive discussion

Status: closed

Comment types: AC – author | RC – referee | CC – community | EC – editor | CEC – chief editor | : Report abuse
  • RC1: 'Comment on acp-2022-70', Rawad Saleh, 20 Feb 2022
  • RC2: 'Comment on acp-2022-70', Anonymous Referee #2, 21 Apr 2022

Peer review completion

AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision
AR by Rodney Weber on behalf of the Authors (25 May 2022)  Author's response    Author's tracked changes    Manuscript
ED: Publish as is (30 May 2022) by James Allan
AR by Rodney Weber on behalf of the Authors (02 Jun 2022)  Author's response    Manuscript

Post-review adjustments

AA: Author's adjustment | EA: Editor approval
AA by Rodney Weber on behalf of the Authors (17 Jun 2022)   Author's adjustment   Manuscript
EA: Adjustments approved (18 Jun 2022) by James Allan
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Short summary
Wildfires emit aerosol particles containing brown carbon material that affects visibility and global climate and is toxic. Brown carbon is poorly characterized due to measurement limitations, and its evolution in the atmosphere is not well known. We report on aircraft measurements of brown carbon from large wildfires in the western United States. We compare two methods for measuring brown carbon and study the evolution of brown carbon in the smoke as it moved away from the burning regions.
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