From measurements to models: toward accurate representation of brown carbon in climate calculations

R Saleh - Current Pollution Reports, 2020 - Springer
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+ …

Molecular chemistry of atmospheric brown carbon inferred from a nationwide biomass burning event

P Lin, N Bluvshtein, Y Rudich… - Environmental …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Lag Ba'Omer, a nationwide bonfire festival in Israel, was chosen as a case study to
investigate the influence of a major biomass burning event on the light absorption properties …

Optical properties of secondary organic aerosol produced by photooxidation of naphthalene under NOx condition

Q He, C Li, K Siemens, AC Morales… - … science & technology, 2022 - ACS Publications
Secondary organic aerosols (SOAs) affect incoming solar radiation by interacting with light
at ultraviolet and visible wavelength ranges. However, the relationship between the …

Broadband optical properties of biomass‐burning aerosol and identification of brown carbon chromophores

N Bluvshtein, P Lin, JM Flores, L Segev… - Journal of …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The radiative effects of biomass‐burning aerosols on regional and global scales can be
substantial. Accurate modeling of the radiative effects of smoke aerosols requires …

Laboratory insights into the diel cycle of optical and chemical transformations of biomass burning brown carbon aerosols

C Li, Q He, Z Fang, SS Brown, A Laskin… - … science & technology, 2020 - ACS Publications
Transformations of biomass burning brown carbon aerosols (BB-BrC) over their diurnal
lifecycle are currently not well studied. In this study, the aging of BB tar proxy aerosols …

Aerosol physical characterization: A review on the current state of aerosol documentary standards and calibration strategies

K Vasilatou, K Iida, M Kazemimanesh, J Olfert… - Journal of Aerosol …, 2024 - Elsevier
Aerosols have a wide-ranging impact on the climate, air quality, human health, and
agriculture. Despite the ongoing advances in aerosol measurement science and technology …

Mechanisms of lung toxicity induced by biomass burning aerosols

M Pardo, C Li, Q He, S Levin-Zaidman… - Particle and fibre …, 2020 - Springer
Background Carbonaceous aerosols emitted from indoor and outdoor biomass burning are
major risk factors contributing to the global burden of disease. Wood tar aerosols, namely …

[HTML][HTML] Development of a 443 nm diode laser-based differential photoacoustic spectrometer for simultaneous measurements of aerosol absorption and NO2

Y Cao, Q Liu, R Wang, K Liu, W Chen, G Wang, X Gao - Photoacoustics, 2021 - Elsevier
Measurement of ambient aerosol and nitrogen dioxide (NO 2) is important as they are major
pollutants from the burning of fossil fuel and biomass. In the present work, a differential …

A portable, four-wavelength, single-cell photoacoustic spectrometer for ambient aerosol absorption

DA Fischer, GD Smith - Aerosol science and technology, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Aerosols directly affect Earth's climate by scattering and absorbing solar radiation. Although
they are ubiquitous in Earth's atmosphere, direct, in situ, wavelength-resolved …

Discrepancies between brown carbon light-absorption properties retrieved from online and offline measurements

Z Cheng, K Atwi, OE Hajj, I Ijeli, DA Fischer… - Aerosol Science and …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
We compared the imaginary part of the refractive indices (k) of brown carbon (BrC) retrieved
from online and solvent-extraction offline light-absorption measurements. BrC with variable …