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) …

A review of atmospheric aging of sea spray aerosols: Potential factors affecting chloride depletion

B Su, T Wang, G Zhang, Y Liang, C Lv, Y Hu, L Li… - Atmospheric …, 2022 - Elsevier
Sea spray aerosol (SSA) is the largest natural source of aerosols in the troposphere, and
has profound potential significance for climate change, visibility, and human health. It has …

Regional influence of wildfires on aerosol chemistry in the western US and insights into atmospheric aging of biomass burning organic aerosol

S Zhou, S Collier, DA Jaffe, NL Briggs… - Atmospheric …, 2017 - acp.copernicus.org
Biomass burning (BB) is one of the most important contributors to atmospheric aerosols on a
global scale, and wildfires are a large source of emissions that impact regional air quality …

Analysis of aerosol composition data for western United States wildfires between 2005 and 2015: Dust emissions, chloride depletion, and most enhanced aerosol …

JS Schlosser, RA Braun, T Bradley… - Journal of …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
This study examines major wildfires in the western United States between 2005 and 2015 to
determine which species exhibit the highest percent change in mass concentration on day of …

[HTML][HTML] An Analysis of Primary Contributing Sources to the PM2. 5 Composition in a Port City in Canada Influenced by Traffic, Marine, and Wildfire Emissions

SH Delbari, MZ Shahne, V Hosseini - Atmospheric Environment, 2024 - Elsevier
Ambient air quality, specifically fine particulate matter (PM 2.5) pollution, poses a global
health concern due to its associations with adverse health effects and persistent presence in …

[HTML][HTML] Aerosol–cloud–meteorology interaction airborne field investigations: Using lessons learned from the US West Coast in the design of ACTIVATE off the US …

A Sorooshian, B Anderson, SE Bauer… - Bulletin of the …, 2019 - journals.ametsoc.org
Aerosol–Cloud–Meteorology Interaction Airborne Field Investigations: Using Lessons
Learned from the US West Coast in the Design of ACTIVATE off the US East Coast in …

Progress and challenges in quantifying wildfire smoke emissions, their properties, transport, and atmospheric impacts

IN Sokolik, AJ Soja, PJ DeMott… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Wildfire is a natural and integral ecosystem process that is necessary to maintain species
composition, structure, and ecosystem function. Extreme fires have been increasing over the …

Persistent Influence of Wildfire Emissions in the Western United States and Characteristics of Aged Biomass Burning Organic Aerosols under Clean Air Conditions

R Farley, N Bernays, DA Jaffe… - … science & technology, 2022 - ACS Publications
Wildfire-influenced air masses under regional background conditions were characterized at
the Mt. Bachelor Observatory (∼ 2800 m asl) in summer 2019 to provide a better …

Revisiting acetonitrile as tracer of biomass burning in anthropogenic‐influenced environments

Y Huangfu, B Yuan, S Wang, C Wu… - Geophysical …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Acetonitrile (CH3CN) has been widely employed as biomass burning tracer. However, the
current application of CH3CN absolute mixing ratio as the thresholds may misidentify …

Dimethylamine as a major alkyl amine species in particles and cloud water: Observations in semi-arid and coastal regions

JS Youn, E Crosbie, LC Maudlin, Z Wang… - Atmospheric …, 2015 - Elsevier
Aerosol and cloud water measurements of dimethylamine (DMA), the most abundant amine
in this study, were conducted in semi-arid (Tucson, Arizona) and marine (Nucleation in …