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Particulate emissions from a mid-latitude prescribed chaparral fireParticulate emission from a 400-acre prescribed chaparral fire in the San Dimas Experimental Forest was investigated by collecting smoke aerosol on Teflon and glass-fiber filters from a helicopter, and using SEM and EDAX to study the features of the particles. Aerosol particles ranged in size from about 0.1 to 100 microns, with carbon, oxygen, magnesium, aluminum, silicon, calcium, and iron as the primary elements. The results of ion chromatographic analysis of aerosol-particle extracts (in water-methanol) revealed the presence of significant levels of NO2(-), NO3(-), SO4(2-), Cl(-), PO4(3-), C2O4(2-), Na(+), NH4(+), and K(+). The soluble ionic portion of the aerosol was estimated to be about 2 percent by weight.
Document ID
19880051578
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Cofer, Wesley R., III
(NASA Langley Research Center Hampton, VA, United States)
Levine, Joel S.
(NASA Langley Research Center Hampton, VA, United States)
Sebacher, Daniel I.
(NASA Langley Research Center Hampton, VA, United States)
Winstead, Edward L.
(ST Systems Corp. Hampton, VA, United States)
Riggin, Philip J.
(USDA, Forest Service, Riverside CA, United States)
Brass, James A.
(NASA Langley Research Center Hampton, VA, United States)
Ambrosia, Vincent G.
(NASA Ames Research Center Moffett Field, CA, United States)
Date Acquired
August 13, 2013
Publication Date
May 20, 1988
Publication Information
Publication: Journal of Geophysical Research
Volume: 93
ISSN: 0148-0227
Subject Category
Environment Pollution
Accession Number
88A38805
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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