Molecular markers of biomass burning in Arctic aerosols

Academic Article

Publication Date:

2013

abstract:

Biomass burning is one of the most important sources of organic matter in the atmosphere as it affects the absorption and scattering of solar radiation, creates cloud condensation nuclei and possibly influences ice and snow albedo. Here we created and validated an analytical method using HPLC/(-)-ESI-MS/MS to determine phenolic compounds (PCLCs): vanillic acid, isovanillic acid, homovanillic acid, syringic acid, syringaldehyde, ferulic acid, p-coumaric acid, and coniferyl aldehyde at trace levels in particulate matter. We analyzed eighteen high-volume air samples from Ny

Iris type:

01.01 Articolo in rivista

Keywords:

Absorption and scatterings; Analytical method; Atmospheric concentration; Cloud condensation nuclei; Homovanillic acid; Long range transport; Particulate Matter; Phenolic compounds; Atmospheric aerosols; Solar radiation; Sun; Biomass; acrylamide; aldehyde; aldehyde derivative; cellulose; coniferyl alcohol; coniferyl aldehyde; ferulic acid; homovanillic acid; isovanillic acid; levoglucosan; molecular marker; organic matter; para coumaric acid; phenol derivative; syringaldehyde; unclassified drug; vanillic acid; aerosol composition; arctic environment; biomass burning; cloud condensation nucleus; long range transport; phenolic compound; solar radiation; absorption; aerosol; air sampling; analytic method; Arctic; article; atmosphere; biomass; biomass burning; cloud; combustion; conifer; electrospray mass spectrometry; high performance liquid chromatography; nonhuman; particulate matter; Poaceae; smoke; solar radiation; spring; summer; Arctic

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