Effect of biomass burning over the western North Pacific Rim: wintertime maxima of anhydrosugars in ambient aerosols from Okinawa

Biomass burning (BB) largely modifies the chemical composition of atmospheric aerosols on the globe. We collected aerosol samples (TSP) at Cape Hedo, on subtropical
Okinawa Island, from October 2009 to February 2012 to study anhydrosugars as BB tracers. Levoglucosan was detected as the dominant anhydrosugar followed by its isomers, mannosan and galactosan.

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Publication Date: 
24/02/2015
C. Zhu, K. Kawamura, B. Kunwar
Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
1959–1973
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biomass burning over the western North Pacific Rim.pdf
Tags:
Biomass, Atmosphere, Aerosols, Green House Gases, Asia, Japan, Air Pollution, Oxides Of Nitrogen (NOx), Climate