Wildfire and prescribed burning impacts on air quality in the United States

DA Jaffe, SM O'Neill, NK Larkin, AL Holder… - Journal of the Air & …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Air quality impacts from wildfires have been dramatic in recent years, with millions of people
exposed to elevated and sometimes hazardous fine particulate matter (PM 2.5) …

Aging effects on biomass burning aerosol mass and composition: A critical review of field and laboratory studies

AL Hodshire, A Akherati, MJ Alvarado… - … science & technology, 2019 - ACS Publications
Biomass burning is a major source of atmospheric particulate matter (PM) with impacts on
health, climate, and air quality. The particles and vapors within biomass burning plumes …

[HTML][HTML] Emission of trace gases and aerosols from biomass burning–an updated assessment

MO Andreae - Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 2019 - acp.copernicus.org
Since the publication of the compilation of biomass burning emission factors by Andreae
and Merlet (2001), a large number of studies have greatly expanded the amount of available …

Fire influence on regional to global Environments and air quality (FIREX‐AQ)

C Warneke, JP Schwarz, J Dibb… - Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The NOAA/NASA Fire Influence on Regional to Global Environments and Air
Quality (FIREX‐AQ) experiment was a multi‐agency, inter‐disciplinary research effort to:(a) …

Oxygenated aromatic compounds are important precursors of secondary organic aerosol in biomass-burning emissions

A Akherati, Y He, MM Coggon, AR Koss… - … science & technology, 2020 - ACS Publications
Biomass burning is the largest combustion-related source of volatile organic compounds
(VOCs) to the atmosphere. We describe the development of a state-of-the-science model to …

[HTML][HTML] Aging of atmospheric aerosols and the role of iron in catalyzing brown carbon formation

HA Al-Abadleh - Environmental Science: Atmospheres, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Extensive research has been done on the processes that lead to the formation of secondary
organic aerosol (SOA) including the atmospheric oxidation of volatile organic compounds …

Impact of biomass burning organic aerosol volatility on smoke concentrations downwind of fires

D Pagonis, V Selimovic… - Environmental …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Biomass burning particulate matter (BBPM) affects regional air quality and global climate,
with impacts expected to continue to grow over the coming years. We show that studies of …

[HTML][HTML] Nighttime and daytime dark oxidation chemistry in wildfire plumes: an observation and model analysis of FIREX-AQ aircraft data

ZCJ Decker, MA Robinson, KC Barsanti… - Atmospheric …, 2021 - acp.copernicus.org
Wildfires are increasing in size across the western US, leading to increases in human smoke
exposure and associated negative health impacts. The impact of biomass burning (BB) …

[HTML][HTML] Speciated and total emission factors of particulate organics from burning western US wildland fuels and their dependence on combustion efficiency

CN Jen, LE Hatch, V Selimovic… - Atmospheric …, 2019 - acp.copernicus.org
Western US wildlands experience frequent and large-scale wildfires which are predicted to
increase in the future. As a result, wildfire smoke emissions are expected to play an …

Particulate organic emissions from incense-burning smoke: Chemical compositions and emission characteristics

K Song, R Tang, A Li, Z Wan, Y Zhang, Y Gong… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Incense burning is a common practice in Asian cultures, releasing hazardous particulate
organics. Inhaling incense smoke can result in adverse health effects, yet the molecular …