Tropical Forest and Fire Emissions Experiment

Xiu, G., D. Zhang, J. Chen, X. Huang, Z. Chen, H. Guo and J. Pan (2004) Characterization of major water-soluble inorganic ions in size-fractionated particulate matters in Shanghai campus ambient air. Atmospheric Environment 38, 227-236 Yao, X., M. Fang and C. C. Chan (2003) The size dependence of chloride depletion in fine and coarse sea-salt particles. Atmospheric Environment 37, 743-751 Yokelson, R. I, T. Karl, P. Artaxo, D. R. Blake, T. J. Christian, D. W. T. Griffith, A. Guenther and W. M. Hao (2007) The tropical forest and fire emissions experiment Overview and airborne fire emission factor measurements. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics Discussion 1, 6903-6958... 

Yokelson, R.J., Karl,T., Artaxo, P, Blake, D.R., Christian, T.J., Griffith, D.W.T., Gnenther, A., Hao, WM. (2007) The Tropical Forest and Fire Emissions Experiment overview and airborne fire emission factor measnrements. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 7,5175-5196. 

Karl T, Guenther A, Yokelson RJ, Greenberg J, Potosnak M, Blake DR, Artaxo P (2007) The tropical forest and fire emissions experiment emission, chemistry, and transport of biogenic volatile organic compounds in the lower atmosphere over Amazonia. J Geophys Res Atmos 112 D18302... 

Erom both airborne and ground-based field campaigns during the 2004 Amazon dry season as part of the Tropical Forest and Fire Emissions Experiment (TROFFEE), Yokelson et al. quantified the volatile emissions from a pristine tropical forest and several plantations [168]. In addition to this the emissions, fuel consumption and fire ecology of tropical deforestation fires were also quantified. About 80% of the mass of non-methane organic compounds emitted by the tropical deforestation fires were found to be associated with reactive, oxygenated VOCs. Recommended values for the emission factors for most of the major compounds released by deforestation fires globally were provided. 

Karl, T. G., Christian, T. J., Yokelson, R. J. et al. (2007) The Tropical Forest and Fire Emissions Experiment method evaluation of volatile organic compound emissions measured by PTR-MS, EUR, and GC from tropical biomass burning. Atmos. Chem. Phys. 7 5883. 

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