Absorption properties and graphitic carbon emission factors of forest fire aerosols

E.M. Patterson; Charles K. McMahon; D.E. Ward

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Absorption properties and graphitic carbon emission factors of forest fire aerosols

Informally Refereed

Authors:

E.M. Patterson, Charles K. McMahon, D.E. Ward

Year:

1986

Type:

Scientific Journal

Station:

Southern Research Station

Source:

Geophysical Research Letters 13(1): 129-132.

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Abstract

Abstract. Data on the optical absorption properties (expressed as a specific absorption, B_a) of the smoke emissions from fires with forest fuels have been determined for a series of low-intensity field fires and a series of laboratory scale fires. The B, data have been used to estimate the emission factors for graphitic carbon [EF(C_e)] for these test fires to provide data needed for regional visibility studies, tropospheric air chemistry studies, and studies evaluating nuclear winter scenarios.

Citation

Patterson, E.M.; McMahon, Charles K.; Ward, D.E. 1986. Absorption properties and graphitic carbon emission factors of forest fire aerosols. Geophysical Research Letters 13(1): 129-132.