Residential wood burning emits a complex mixture of particulate and gaseous compounds.
In this article we show an in-depth chemical characterization of particulate matter evidencing …

Cities in southern Chile are facing high levels of PM 2.5 because of wood burning pollution.
We quantify the contribution of wood smoke to fine particles in two mid-size cities: Molina …

Abstract Temuco, like most Southern Chile cities, has a long-standing air pollution problem
due to residential wood heating. Here, we study the temporal and spatial distribution of PM …

ABSTRACTDuring the springtime fire season, wildfires and agricultural burning represent a
potentially large contribution to air quality degradation in the Mexico City Metropolitan Area …

Extreme environmental events, such as forest fires, are a major emission source of aerosols
into the atmosphere. Thus, to investigate the contribution of local forest fires to urban …

In south-central Chile, wood stoves have been identified as an important source of air
pollution in populated areas. Eucalyptus (Eucalyptus globulus), Chilean oak (Nothofagus …

Temuco is a mid-size city representative of severe wood smoke pollution in southern Chile;
ie, ambient 24-h PM 2.5 concentrations have exceeded 150 μg/m 3 in the winter season and …

To evaluate the impact of improved wood burning stoves on indoor air pollution, 53 homes
in a rural town in Michoacán, Mexico, were selected from a health intervention study and …

In March 2006 two instrumented aircraft made the first detailed field measurements of
biomass burning (BB) emissions in the Northern Hemisphere tropics as part of the MILAGRO …

Biomass combustion can release a considerable amount of various airborne pollutants,
including particulates and carbon monoxide. Indoor air quality was measured in 23 houses …