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ArticleAerosol science and technology : the journal of the American Association for Aerosol Research2025

Influence of relative humidity and aging on the optical properties of organic aerosols from burning African biomass fuels.

Megan M McRee, Vaios Moschos, Marc N Fiddler, Dario Massabò, Jason D Surratt, Solomon Bililign

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Article in Aerosol science and technology : the journal of the American Association for Aerosol Research, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Megan M McReeDepartment of Applied Sciences and Technology, College of Science and Technology, North Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro, North Carolina, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0001-8946-2329
Vaios MoschosDepartment of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Gillings School of Global Public Health, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6251-4117
Marc N FiddlerDepartment of Chemistry, College of Science and Technology, North Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro, North Carolina, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3733-5800
Dario MassabòDepartment of Physics, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7445-0328
Jason D SurrattDepartment of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Gillings School of Global Public Health, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6833-1450
Solomon BililignDepartment of Applied Sciences and Technology, College of Science and Technology, North Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro, North Carolina, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5064-7695

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Abstract

Biomass burning (BB) is a major source of atmospheric fine carbonaceous aerosols, which play a significant, yet uncertain, role in modulating the Earth's radiation balance. However, accurately representing their optical properties in climate models remains challenging due to factors such as particle size, mixing state, combustion type, chemical composition, aging processes, and relative humidity (RH). In our study, we investigated BB organic-rich aerosols generated from smoldering sub-Saharan African biomass fuels. Fuel samples were collected in Africa and aerosols generated in the laboratory. We quantified key optical parameters, including mass cross-sections for extinction (2.04 ± 0.32 - 15.5 ± 2.48 m

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