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Emissions from Biomass Burning in the YucatanIn March 2006 two instrumented aircraft made the first detailed field measurements of biomass burning (BB) emissions in the Northern Hemisphere tropics as part of the MILAGRO project. The aircraft were the National Center for Atmospheric Research C-130 and a University of Montana/US Forest Service Twin Otter. The initial emissions of up to 49 trace gas or particle species were measured from 20 deforestation and crop residue fires on the Yucatan peninsula. This included two trace gases useful as indicaters of BB (HCN and acetonitrile) and several rarely, or never before, measured species: OH, peroxyacetic acid, propanoic acid, hydrogen peroxide, methane sulfonic acid, and sulfuric acid. Crop residue fires emitted more organic acids and ammonia than deforestation fires, but the emissions from the main fire types were otherwise fairly similar. The Yucatan fires emitted unusually amounts of SO2 and particle chloride, likely due to a strong marine influence on the peninsula.
Document ID
20090012436
Acquisition Source
Goddard Space Flight Center
Document Type
Preprint (Draft being sent to journal)
Authors
Yokelson, R.
(Montana Univ. Missoula, MT, United States)
Crounse, J. D.
(California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
DeCarlo, P. F.
(Colorado Univ. Boulder, CO, United States)
Karl, T.
(National Center for Atmospheric Research Boulder, CO, United States)
Urbanski, S.
(Forest Service Missoula, MT, United States)
Atlas, E.
(Miami Univ. FL, United States)
Campos, T.
(National Center for Atmospheric Research Boulder, CO, United States)
Shinozuka, Y.
(Hawaii Univ. Honolulu, HI, United States)
Kapustin, V.
(Hawaii Univ. Honolulu, HI, United States)
Clarke, A. D.
(Hawaii Univ. Honolulu, HI, United States)
Weinheimer, A.
(National Center for Atmospheric Research Boulder, CO, United States)
Knapp, D. J.
(National Center for Atmospheric Research Boulder, CO, United States)
Montzka, D. D.
(National Center for Atmospheric Research Boulder, CO, United States)
Holloway, J.
(National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Boulder, CO, United States)
Weibring, P.
(National Center for Atmospheric Research Boulder, CO, United States)
Flocke, F.
(National Center for Atmospheric Research Boulder, CO, United States)
Zheng, W.
(National Center for Atmospheric Research Boulder, CO, United States)
Toohey, D.
(Colorado Univ. Boulder, CO, United States)
Wennberg, P. O.
(California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Wiedinmyer, C.
(National Center for Atmospheric Research Boulder, CO, United States)
Mauldin, L.
(National Center for Atmospheric Research Boulder, CO, United States)
Fried, A.
(National Center for Atmospheric Research Boulder, CO, United States)
Richter, D.
(National Center for Atmospheric Research Boulder, CO, United States)
Walega, J.
(National Center for Atmospheric Research Boulder, CO, United States)
Jimenez, J. L.
(Colorado Univ. Boulder, CO, United States)
Date Acquired
August 24, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 2009
Publication Information
Publication: Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
Volume: 9
Subject Category
Environment Pollution
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NNG06GB32G
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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