Rapidly evolving ultrafine and fine mode biomass smoke physical properties: Comparing laboratory and field results

被引:29
作者
Carrico, Christian M. [1 ]
Prenni, Anthony J. [2 ]
Kreidenweis, Sonia M. [3 ]
Levin, Ezra J. T. [3 ]
McCluskey, Christina S. [3 ]
DeMott, Paul J. [3 ]
McMeeking, Gavin R. [4 ,5 ]
Nakao, Shunsuke [6 ]
Stockwell, Chelsea [7 ]
Yokelson, Robert J. [7 ]
机构
[1] New Mexico Inst Min & Technol, Socorro, NM 87801 USA
[2] Natl Pk Serv, Lakewood, CO USA
[3] Colorado State Univ, Ft Collins, CO 80523 USA
[4] Droplet Measurement Technol Inc, Boulder, CO USA
[5] Handix Sci, Boulder, CO USA
[6] Clarkson Univ, Potsdam, NY USA
[7] Univ Montana, Dept Chem, Missoula, MT 59812 USA
基金
美国国家科学基金会;
关键词
ATMOSPHERIC TAR BALLS; BURNING EMISSIONS; SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; LIGHT-ABSORPTION; COMBUSTION EFFICIENCY; CHEMICAL-COMPOSITION; SIZING INSTRUMENTS; CLIMATE-CHANGE; FIRE REGIMES; TRACE GASES;
D O I
10.1002/2015JD024389
中图分类号
P4 [大气科学(气象学)];
学科分类号
0706 ; 070601 ;
摘要
Combining field and laboratory results, we present biomass smoke physical properties. We report sub-0.56 mu m diameter (D-p) particle sizing (fast mobility particle sizer, FMPS) plus light absorption and scattering at 870 nm (photoacoustic extinctiometer). For D-p <200 nm, the FMPS characterized sizing within +/- 20% compared to standards. As compared to the traditional scanning mobility particle sizer, the FMPS responded most accurately to single-mode polydispersions with mean D-p < 200 nm, which characterized the smoke sampled here. Smoke was measured from laboratory fresh emissions (seconds to hours old), the High Park Fire (hours to < 1 day), and from regional biomass burning (several days). During a High Park Fire episode, light extinction rapidly reached a maximum of sigma(ep) = 569 +/- 21Mm(-1) (10 min) with aerosol single scattering albedo peaking omega = 0.955 +/- 0.004. Concurrently, number concentration and size peaked with maximum D-p = 126nm and a unimodal distribution with sigma(g) = 1.5. Long-range transported smoke was substantially diluted (Ntot factor of 7 lower) and shifted larger (maximum D-p = 143) and wider (sigma(g) = 2.2). We compared ambient data to laboratory burns with representative western U.S. forest fuels (coniferous species Ponderosa pine and Alaska black spruce). Smoldering pine produced an aerosol dominated by larger, more strongly light scattering particles (D-p> 100 nm), while flaming combustion produced very high number concentrations of smaller (D-p similar to 50 nm) absorbing particles. Due to smoldering and particle growth processes, D-p approached 100nm within 3 h after emission. Increased particle cross-sectional area and Mie scattering efficiency shifted the relative importance of light absorption (flaming maximum) and light scattering (smoldering maximum), increasing omega over time. Measurements showed a consistent picture of smoke properties from emission to aging.
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页码:5750 / 5768
页数:19
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