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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-12-763-2019
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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-12-763-2019
© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Research article
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01 Feb 2019
Research article |
| 01 Feb 2019
| 01 Feb 2019
Identification of gas-phase pyrolysis products in a prescribed fire: first detections using infrared spectroscopy for naphthalene, methyl nitrite, allene, acrolein and acetaldehyde
Nicole K. Scharko
Pacific Northwest National Laboratories, Richland, WA, USA
Ashley M. Oeck
Pacific Northwest National Laboratories, Richland, WA, USA
Russell G. Tonkyn
Pacific Northwest National Laboratories, Richland, WA, USA
Stephen P. Baker
Rocky Mountain Research Station, USDA Forest Service, Missoula, MT,
USA
Emily N. Lincoln
Rocky Mountain Research Station, USDA Forest Service, Missoula, MT,
USA
Joey Chong
Pacific Southwest Research Station, USDA Forest Service, Riverside,
CA, USA
Bonni M. Corcoran
Pacific Southwest Research Station, USDA Forest Service, Riverside,
CA, USA
Gloria M. Burke
Pacific Southwest Research Station, USDA Forest Service, Riverside,
CA, USA
David R. Weise
Pacific Southwest Research Station, USDA Forest Service, Riverside,
CA, USA
Tanya L. Myers
Pacific Northwest National Laboratories, Richland, WA, USA
Catherine A. Banach
Pacific Northwest National Laboratories, Richland, WA, USA
David W. T. Griffith
Centre for Atmospheric Chemistry, University of Wollongong, Wollongong NSW
2522, Australia
Timothy J. Johnson
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Pacific Northwest National Laboratories, Richland, WA, USA
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Short summary
We report five species (naphthalene, methyl nitrite, allene, acrolein and acetaldehyde) that were detected in biomass burning fires that had been seen before in burn studies, but are reported for the first time when using infrared spectroscopy for detection.
We report five species (naphthalene, methyl nitrite, allene, acrolein and acetaldehyde) that...
