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Absorption properties and graphitic carbon emission factors of forest fire aerosols
Author(s) -
Patterson E. M.,
McMahon C. K.,
Ward D. E.
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
geophysical research letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.007
H-Index - 273
eISSN - 1944-8007
pISSN - 0094-8276
DOI - 10.1029/gl013i002p00129
Subject(s) - environmental science , visibility , atmospheric sciences , smoke , absorption (acoustics) , troposphere , meteorology , carbon fibers , geology , materials science , physics , composite number , composite material
Data on the optical absorption properties (expressed as a specific absorption, B a ) of the smoke emissions from fires with forest fuels have been determined for a series of low‐intensity field fires and a series of laboratory scale fires. The B a data have been used to estimate the emission factors for graphitic carbon [EF(C e )] for these test fires to provide data needed for regional visibility studies, tropospheric air chemistry studies, and studies evaluating nuclear winter scenarios.