Assessing formic and acetic acid emissions and chemistry in western U.S. wildfire smoke: implications for atmospheric modeling
Wade Permar, Catherine Wielgasz, Lixu Jin, Xin Chen, Matthew M. Coggon, Lauren A. Garofalo, Georgios I. Gkatzelis, Damien Ketcherside, Dylan B. Millet, Brett B. Palm, Qiaoyun Peng, Michael Robinson, Joel A. Thornton, Patrick R. Veres, C. Warneke, R. J. Yokelson, Emily V. Fischer, Lu Hu
Abstract
Rapid production of formic acid in biomass burning smoke is not captured by the Master Chemical Mechanism (MCM) nor simplified GEOS-Chem chemistry, likely due to missing secondary chemical production.
Topics & Concepts
Formic acidSmokeBiomass burningAtmospheric chemistryChemistryAcetic acidEnvironmental chemistryBiomass (ecology)OzoneEnvironmental scienceMethanolMeteorologyAtmospheric sciencesOrganic chemistryAerosolAgronomyPhysicsBiologyAtmospheric chemistry and aerosolsFire effects on ecosystemsAtmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics