Evaluation of aerosol- and gas-phase tracers for  identification of transported biomass burning emissions in an industrially influenced  location in Texas, USA

Shrestha, Sujan; Zhou, Shan; Mehra, Manisha; Guagenti, Meghan; Yoon, Subin; Alvarez, Sergio L.; Guo, Fangzhou; Chao, Chun-Ying; Flynn III, James H.; Wang, Yuxuan; Griffin, Robert J.; Usenko, Sascha; Sheesley, Rebecca J.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-23-10845-2023

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Evaluation of aerosol- and gas-phase tracers for identification of transported biomass burning emissions in an industrially influenced location in Texas, USA

Sujan Shrestha, Shan Zhou, Manisha Mehra, Meghan Guagenti, Subin Yoon, Sergio L. Alvarez, Fangzhou Guo, Chun-Ying Chao, James H. Flynn III, Yuxuan Wang, Robert J. Griffin, Sascha Usenko, and Rebecca J. Sheesley

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Evaluation of aerosol- and gas-phase tracers for identification of transported biomass burning emissions in an industrially influenced location in Texas, USA Sujan Shrestha, Shan Zhou, Manisha Mehra, Meghan Guagenti, Subin Yoon, Sergio L. Alvarez, Fangzhou Guo, Chun-Ying Chao, James H. Flynn III, Yuxuan Wang, Robert J. Griffin, Sascha Usenko, and Rebecca J. Sheesley https://doi.org/10.18738/T8/DEPG3R

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We evaluated different methods for assessing the influence of long-range transport of biomass burning (BB) plumes at a coastal site in Texas, USA. We show that the aerosol composition and optical properties exhibited good agreement, while CO and acetonitrile trends were less specific for assessing BB source influence. Our results demonstrate that the network of aerosol optical measurements can be useful for identifying the influence of aged BB plumes in anthropogenically influenced areas.