Dilution and photooxidation driven processes explain the evolution of organic aerosol in wildfire plumes
Ali Akherati, Yicong He, Lauren A. Garofalo, Anna L. Hodshire, Delphine K. Farmer, Sonia M. Kreidenweis, Wade Permar, Lu Hu, Emily V. Fischer, Coty N. Jen, Allen H. Goldstein, Ezra J. T. Levin, Paul J. DeMott, T. Campos, F. Flocke, J. M. Reeves, D. W. Toohey, Jeffrey R. Pierce, Shantanu H. Jathar
Abstract
Wildfires are a source of primary aerosols and precursors for secondary aerosols to the atmosphere. In this work, we discover that the evolution of these aerosols depends strongly on the coupled effects of dilution, photooxidation, and partitioning.
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AerosolDilutionAtmosphere (unit)Environmental scienceAtmospheric sciencesEnvironmental chemistryPrimary (astronomy)AstrobiologyPhotochemistryChemistryMeteorologyGeologyPhysicsAstrophysicsThermodynamicsAtmospheric chemistry and aerosolsAtmospheric aerosols and cloudsFire effects on ecosystems