Carbon monoxide forest fires

Carbon monoxide Forest fires atmospheric combustion sources Incomplete combustion of... 

Carbon monoxide emissions from the terrestrial biosphere are small, but forest fires produce 0.02 Pg C/yr. Degradation of chlorophyll is dying plant material seems to be the largest CO-producing mechanism at 0.04-0.2 Pg C/yr (Freyer, 1979). 

Yurganov, L. N., E. I. Grechko, and A. V. Dzhola, Variations of Carbon Monoxide Density in the Total Atmospheric Column over Russia between 1970 and 1995 Upward Trend and Disturbances, Attributed to the Influence of Volcanic Aerosols and Forest Fires, Geophys. Res. Lett., 24, 1231-1234 (1997). 

Fires. Combustion of any kind produces toxic particulate matter, smoke. The combustion can be natural such as a lightning-induced forest fire or unnatural such as the burning of fossil fuel for energy production, a petroleum refinery or plastics warehouse fire)22-23 In addition to particulates, fires produce PAHs, carbon monoxide, organic and inorganic cyanides, and free radicals that are toxicJ24-25 ... 

Volcanos send sulfur dioxide and carbon monoxide into the air. Forest fires also add carbon monoxide. Tiny living creatures remove some of these poisonous gases from the air. Human activity adds many different gases into... 

A fire that is 100% efficient in the combustion of organic material emits all carbon as carbon dioxide. Most forest fires in the Southeast Asian sub-region are not this efficient and emit carbon in other forms, such as carbon monoxide, as a result of... 

Forest fire—an undesirable exothermic reaction. The models show some simple combustion products carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, water, and nitric oxide. The last compound represents nitrogen-containing compounds. 

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