Browsing by Subject "Open biomass burning"

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Observations of ozone formation in southern African savanna and grassland fire plumes

Vakkari, Ville; Beukes, Johan P.; Josipovic, Miroslav; Van Zyl, Pieter G. (Elsevier, 2020)

Open biomass burning is one of the largest sources of aerosols and reactive trace gases into the atmosphere, having a significant effect on earth's radiative budget and air quality. Biomass burning degrades air quality by ...
Temporal and source assessments of organic and elemental carbon at sites in the northern South African interior

Maritz, Petra; Beukes, Johan P.; Van Zyl, Pieter G.; Liousse, Catherine; Gardrat, Eric (Springer, 2019)

Particulate matter (PM) can affect climate, air quality, human health, acid deposition and visibility, and contain a significant fraction of organic (OC) and elemental carbon (EC). Southern Africa is an important source ...