Brown carbon in tar balls from smoldering biomass combustion

We report the direct observation of laboratory production of spherical, carbonaceous particles – "tar balls" – from smoldering combustion of two commonly occurring dry mid-latitude fuels. Real-time measurements of spectrally varying absorption Ångström coefficients (AAC) indicate that a cl...

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Main Authors: R. K. Chakrabarty, H. Moosmüller, L.-W. A. Chen, K. Lewis, W. P. Arnott, C. Mazzoleni, M. K. Dubey, C. E. Wold, W. M. Hao, S. M. Kreidenweis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2010-07-01
Series:Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
Online Access:http://www.atmos-chem-phys.net/10/6363/2010/acp-10-6363-2010.pdf