Robert Yokelson

University of Montana

Projects

Environmental Chemistry of Nitrogen-Containing Organic Compounds in Biomass Burning Aerosols

Lead Institution

University of Montana

Principal Investigator

Robert Yokelson

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

The objective of the proposed research is to advance fundamental understanding of environmental chemistry of NOC present in BBA - the major sources of organic aerosols in the atmosphere. The…

Atmospheric Chemistry of Biomass Burning Aerosol

Lead Institution

State University of New York at Stony Brook

Principal Investigator

Daniel Knopf

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

Biomass burning aerosols (BBA) are one of the most ubiquitous organic aerosol types with a source strength on the same order of magnitude as fossil fuel combustion. BBA have significant effects on…