New emission factors for Australian vegetation fires measured using open-path Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy – Part 1: methods and Australian temperate forest fires

TY - JOUR

T1 - New emission factors for Australian vegetation fires measured using open-path Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy – Part 1

T2 - methods and Australian temperate forest fires

AU - Paton-walsh, C.

AU - Smith, T.E.L.

AU - Young, E. L.

AU - Griffith, D. W. T.

AU - Guerette, E.-A.

PY - 2014

Y1 - 2014

N2 - Biomass burning releases trace gases and aerosol particles that significantly affect the composition and chemistry of the atmosphere. Australia contributes approximately 8% of gross global carbon emissions from biomass burning, yet there are few previous measurements of emissions from Australian forest fires available in the literature. This paper describes the results of field measurements of trace gases emitted during hazard reduction burns in Australian temperate forests using open-path Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy. In a companion paper, similar techniques are used to characterise the emissions from hazard reduction burns in the savanna regions of the Northern Territory. Details of the experimental methods are explained, including both the measurement set-up and the analysis techniques employed. The advantages and disadvantages of different ways to estimate whole-fire emission factors are discussed and a measurement uncertainty budget is developed.

AB - Biomass burning releases trace gases and aerosol particles that significantly affect the composition and chemistry of the atmosphere. Australia contributes approximately 8% of gross global carbon emissions from biomass burning, yet there are few previous measurements of emissions from Australian forest fires available in the literature. This paper describes the results of field measurements of trace gases emitted during hazard reduction burns in Australian temperate forests using open-path Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy. In a companion paper, similar techniques are used to characterise the emissions from hazard reduction burns in the savanna regions of the Northern Territory. Details of the experimental methods are explained, including both the measurement set-up and the analysis techniques employed. The advantages and disadvantages of different ways to estimate whole-fire emission factors are discussed and a measurement uncertainty budget is developed.

U2 - 10.5194/acpd-14-4327-2014

DO - 10.5194/acpd-14-4327-2014

M3 - Article

SN - 1680-7316

VL - 14

SP - 4327

EP - 4381

JO - Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

JF - Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

IS - 4

M1 - N/A

ER -