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Airborne measurements of carbonaceous aerosols in southern Africa during the dry, biomass burning season

Description: Particulate matter collected aboard the University of Washington's Convair-580 research aircraft over southern Africa during the dry, biomass burning season was analyzed for total carbon, organic carbon, and black carbon contents using thermal and optical methods. Samples were collected in smoke plumes of burning savanna and in regional haze. A known artifact, produced by the adsorption of organic gases on the quartz filter substrates used to collect the particulate matter samples, comprised a … more
Date: June 17, 2002
Creator: Kirchstetter, Thomas W.; Novakov, T.; Hobbs, Peter V. & Magi, Brian
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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