作者: Clare Paton-Walsh , Stephen R. Wilson , Nicholas B. Jones , David W. T. Griffith
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL032951
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摘要: Abstract We report the first atmospheric column measurements of methanol made by ground-based solar Fouriertransform infrared spectroscopy. The were through smoke plumes over South EasternAustralia during Austral summers 2001/2002 and 2002/2003. There is a strong correlation betweenthe measured amounts simultaneous co-located aerosoloptical depth. An emission factor for from Australian forest fires 2.3 ± 0.8 grams per kilogram ofdry fuel consumed estimated use correlations carbon monoxide with depth literature values monoxide. This agrees well literaturevalues emissions extra-tropical elsewhere in world. Methanol clearly animportant volatile organic product an similar to formaldehyde’s andapproximately half that methane. Keywords biomass burning, methanol, aerosol optical depth, atmosphere, emissions, FTIR spectroscopy