An overview of particulate emissions from residential biomass combustion

ED Vicente, CA Alves - Atmospheric Research, 2018 - Elsevier
Residential biomass burning has been pointed out as one of the largest sources of fine
particles in the global troposphere with serious impacts on air quality, climate and human …

Levoglucosan as a tracer of biomass burning: Recent progress and perspectives

H Bhattarai, E Saikawa, X Wan, H Zhu, K Ram… - Atmospheric …, 2019 - Elsevier
Biomass burning (BB) is a major source of air pollution from local to global scale, having
variable effects on air quality, human health, and climate system. Therefore, the source …

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and their derivatives (nitro-PAHs, oxygenated PAHs, and azaarenes) in PM2. 5 from Southern European cities

CA Alves, AM Vicente, D Custódio, M Cerqueira… - Science of the total …, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract Atmospheric particulate matter (PM 2.5) samples were collected over two one
month periods during winter and summer in three Southern European cities (Oporto–traffic …

Influence of biomass burning on local air pollution in mainland Southeast Asia from 2001 to 2016

S Yin, X Wang, X Zhang, M Guo, M Miura, Y Xiao - Environmental Pollution, 2019 - Elsevier
In this study, various remote sensing data, modeling data and emission inventories were
integrated to analyze the tempo-spatial distribution of biomass burning in mainland …

Spatial and temporal variability of carbonaceous aerosols: assessing the impact of biomass burning in the urban environment

G Titos, A Del Águila, A Cazorla, H Lyamani… - Science of the Total …, 2017 - Elsevier
Biomass burning (BB) is a significant source of atmospheric particles in many parts of the
world. Whereas many studies have demonstrated the importance of BB emissions in central …

Long-term variability, source apportionment and spectral properties of black carbon at an urban background site in Athens, Greece

E Liakakou, I Stavroulas, DG Kaskaoutis, G Grivas… - Atmospheric …, 2020 - Elsevier
This study aims to delineate the characteristics of Black Carbon (BC) in the atmosphere over
Athens, Greece, using 4-year (May 2015–April 2019) Aethalometer (AE-33) measurements …

Saccharides as particulate matter tracers of biomass burning: a review

B Vincenti, E Paris, M Carnevale, A Palma… - International journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
The adverse effects of atmospheric particulate matter (PM) on health and ecosystems, as
well as on meteorology and climate change, are well known to the scientific community. It is …

Impacts of chemical degradation on the global budget of atmospheric levoglucosan and its use as a biomass burning tracer

Y Li, TM Fu, JZ Yu, X Feng, L Zhang… - Environmental …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Levoglucosan has been widely used to quantitatively assess biomass burning's contribution
to ambient aerosols, but previous such assessments have not accounted for levoglucosan's …

An inter-comparison of PM2. 5 at urban and urban background sites: Chemical characterization and source apportionment

D Cesari, A Donateo, M Conte, E Merico… - Atmospheric …, 2016 - Elsevier
A measurement campaign was performed between 04/03/2013 and 17/07/2013 for
simultaneous collection of PM 2.5 samples in two nearby sites in southeastern Italy: an …

Organic molecular tracers in the atmospheric aerosols from Lumbini, Nepal, in the northern Indo-Gangetic Plain: influence of biomass burning

X Wan, S Kang, Q Li, D Rupakheti… - Atmospheric …, 2017 - acp.copernicus.org
To better understand the characteristics of biomass burning in the northern Indo-Gangetic
Plain (IGP), total suspended particles were collected in a rural site, Lumbini, Nepal, during …