Furoyl peroxynitrate (fur-PAN), a product of VOC–NO <sub> <i>x</i> </sub> photochemistry from biomass burning emissions: photochemical synthesis, calibration, chemical characterization, and first atmospheric observations
J. M. Roberts, J. A. Neuman, Steven S. Brown, Patrick R. Veres, Matthew M. Coggon, Chelsea E. Stockwell, C. Warneke, Jeff Peischl, Michael Robinson
Abstract
Wildfires produce furan compounds that are involved in atmospheric oxidant and SOA formation. One such compound, furfural, produces furoyl peroxynitrate (fur-PAN) in the atmosphere, a unique marker for this wildfire chemistry.
Topics & Concepts
FurfuralFuranAtmosphere (unit)Environmental chemistryPhotochemistryAtmospheric chemistryChemistryBiomass burningBiomass (ecology)Volatile organic compoundEnvironmental scienceAstrobiologyAerosolMeteorologyOrganic chemistryOzoneCatalysisOceanographyPhysicsGeologyAtmospheric chemistry and aerosolsAtmospheric Ozone and ClimateCatalytic Processes in Materials Science