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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-5591-2016
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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-5591-2016
© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Research article
| 
23 Nov 2016
Research article |
| 23 Nov 2016
Impact of biomass burning emission on total peroxy nitrates: fire plume identification during the BORTAS campaign
Eleonora Aruffo
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Center of Excellence CETEMPS, Universita' dell'Aquila, Via Vetoio,
Coppito, L'Aquila, Italy
Department of Physical and Chemical Sciences, University of L'Aquila,
Coppito L'Aquila, Italy
Fabio Biancofiore
Center of Excellence CETEMPS, Universita' dell'Aquila, Via Vetoio,
Coppito, L'Aquila, Italy
Piero Di Carlo
Center of Excellence CETEMPS, Universita' dell'Aquila, Via Vetoio,
Coppito, L'Aquila, Italy
Department of Physical and Chemical Sciences, University of L'Aquila,
Coppito L'Aquila, Italy
now at: Department of Psychological, Health and Territorial Sciences,
University “G. d'Annunzio”, Chieti-Pescara, Italy
Marcella Busilacchio
Center of Excellence CETEMPS, Universita' dell'Aquila, Via Vetoio,
Coppito, L'Aquila, Italy
Marco Verdecchia
Center of Excellence CETEMPS, Universita' dell'Aquila, Via Vetoio,
Coppito, L'Aquila, Italy
Department of Physical and Chemical Sciences, University of L'Aquila,
Coppito L'Aquila, Italy
Barbara Tomassetti
Center of Excellence CETEMPS, Universita' dell'Aquila, Via Vetoio,
Coppito, L'Aquila, Italy
Department of Physical and Chemical Sciences, University of L'Aquila,
Coppito L'Aquila, Italy
Cesare Dari-Salisburgo
Center of Excellence CETEMPS, Universita' dell'Aquila, Via Vetoio,
Coppito, L'Aquila, Italy
Franco Giammaria
Center of Excellence CETEMPS, Universita' dell'Aquila, Via Vetoio,
Coppito, L'Aquila, Italy
Stephane Bauguitte
Facility for Airborne Atmospheric Measurements, Bedfordshire, UK
James Lee
Department of Chemistry, University of York, York, UK
Sarah Moller
Department of Chemistry, University of York, York, UK
James Hopkins
Department of Chemistry, University of York, York, UK
Shalini Punjabi
Department of Chemistry, University of York, York, UK
Stephen J. Andrews
Department of Chemistry, University of York, York, UK
Alistair C. Lewis
Department of Chemistry, University of York, York, UK
Paul I. Palmer
School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
Edward Hyer
Marine Meteorology Division, Naval Research Laboratory, Monterey,
California, USA
Michael Le Breton
The Centre for Atmospheric Science, School of Earth, Atmospheric and
Environmental Science, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
Carl Percival
The Centre for Atmospheric Science, School of Earth, Atmospheric and
Environmental Science, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
Data sets
BORTAS section CEDA: Centre for Environmental Data Analysis http://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/68e8b5b9feee0ea5d99002b489c87041
Short summary
During the BORTAS aircraft campaign, we measured NO2 and their oxidtation products (as peroxy nitrates) with a custom laser-induced fluorescence instrument. Because of the high correlation between known pyrogenic tracers (i.e., carbon monoxide) and peroxy nitrates, we provide two methods to use these species for the identification of biomass burning (BB) plumes. Using an artifical neural network, we improved the BB identification taking into account of a meteorological parameter (pressure).
During the BORTAS aircraft campaign, we measured NO2 and their oxidtation products (as peroxy...
