Abstract Purpose of Review The direct radiative effect of brown carbon (BrC) absorption
predicated by climate-modeling studies is highly uncertain, with values ranging between+ …

We investigate the chemical composition of organic light-absorbing components, also
known as brown carbon (BrC) chromophores, formed in a proxy of anthropogenic secondary …

Nighttime atmospheric processing enhances the formation of brown carbon aerosol (BrC) in
biomass burning plumes. Heterocyclic compounds, a group of volatile organic compounds …

Biomass burning organic aerosols (BBOA) emitted from wildfires and prescribed forest and
agricultural burns have diverse composition and undergo complex reactions and …

We evaluate the sensitivity of the size calibrations of two commercially available, high-
resolution optical particle sizers to changes in aerosol composition and complex refractive …

This paper provides a thorough modeling-based overview of the scattering and radiative
properties of a wide variety of morphologically complex carbonaceous aerosols. Using the …

Biomass burning (BB) is an important source of primary organic aerosols (POA). These POA
contain a significant fraction of semivolatile organic compounds, and can release them into …

In this paper, we synthesize the size distribution and optical properties of the atmospheric
water-soluble fraction of light-absorbing organic carbon (brown carbon; BrC) in the …

Recent studies have shown that organic aerosol (OA) could have a nontrivial role in
atmospheric light absorption at shorter visible wavelengths. Good estimates of OA light …

Particle size distribution (PSD) is an indispensable index in combustion analysis.
Combustion aerosol PSD measurement based on Mie scattering theory are recognized as …