Volatile organic compounds: A threat to the environment and health hazards to Living Organisms–A Review

A Mangotra, SK Singh - Journal of Biotechnology, 2024 - Elsevier
Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are the organic compounds having a minimum vapor
pressure of 0.13 kPa at standard temperature and pressure (293 K, 101 kPa). Being used as …

The contribution of wood burning and other pollution sources to wintertime organic aerosol levels in two Greek cities

K Florou, DK Papanastasiou, M Pikridas… - Atmospheric …, 2017 - acp.copernicus.org
The composition of fine particulate matter (PM) in two major Greek cities (Athens and Patras)
was measured during two wintertime campaigns, one conducted in 2013 and the other in …

[HTML][HTML] Large unexplained suite of chemically reactive compounds present in ambient air due to biomass fires

V Kumar, BP Chandra, V Sinha - Scientific reports, 2018 - nature.com
Biomass fires impact global atmospheric chemistry. The reactive compounds emitted and
formed due to biomass fires drive ozone and organic aerosol formation, affecting both air …

Rate coefficients for the gas-phase reactions of nitrate radicals with a series of furan compounds

F Al Ali, C Coeur, N Houzel, H Bouya… - The Journal of …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The atmospheric reaction of a series of furan compounds (furan (F), 2-methylfuran (2-MF), 3-
methylfuran (3-MF), 2, 5-dimethylfuran (2, 5-DMF), and 2, 3, 5-trimethylfuran (2, 3, 5-TMF)) …

[HTML][HTML] Formaldehyde evolution in US wildfire plumes during the Fire Influence on Regional to Global Environments and Air Quality experiment (FIREX-AQ)

J Liao, GM Wolfe, RA Hannun… - Atmospheric …, 2021 - acp.copernicus.org
Formaldehyde (HCHO) is one of the most abundant non-methane volatile organic
compounds (VOCs) emitted by fires. HCHO also undergoes chemical production and loss as …

Mobile near-field measurements of biomass burning volatile organic compounds: Emission ratios and factor analysis

FY Majluf, JE Krechmer, C Daube… - … & Technology Letters, 2022 - ACS Publications
Comprehensive measurements of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and oxygenated
VOCs that are emitted from wildfires are important inputs for constraining ozone and …

[HTML][HTML] Emissions of non-methane volatile organic compounds from combustion of domestic fuels in Delhi, India

GJ Stewart, WJF Acton, BS Nelson… - Atmospheric …, 2021 - acp.copernicus.org
Twenty-nine different fuel types used in residential dwellings in northern India were
collected from across Delhi (76 samples in total). Emission factors of a wide range of non …

Wildland fire emission sampling at Fishlake National Forest, Utah using an unmanned aircraft system

J Aurell, B Gullett, A Holder, F Kiros, W Mitchell… - Atmospheric …, 2021 - Elsevier
Emissions from a stand replacement prescribed burn were sampled using an unmanned
aircraft system (UAS, or “drone”) in Fishlake National Forest, Utah, USA Sixteen flights over …

Health risk implications of volatile organic compounds in wildfire smoke during the 2019 FIREX‐AQ campaign and beyond

GN Dickinson, DD Miller, A Bajracharya… - …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Fire Influence on Regional to Global Environments and Air Quality was a
NOAA/NASA collaborative campaign conducted during the summer of 2019. The objectives …

Persistent Influence of Wildfire Emissions in the Western United States and Characteristics of Aged Biomass Burning Organic Aerosols under Clean Air Conditions

R Farley, N Bernays, DA Jaffe… - … science & technology, 2022 - ACS Publications
Wildfire-influenced air masses under regional background conditions were characterized at
the Mt. Bachelor Observatory (∼ 2800 m asl) in summer 2019 to provide a better …