Data for "Wildland Urban Interface (WUI) Emissions: Laboratory Measurement of Aerosol and Trace Gas from Combustion of Man-Made Building Materials"
Laboratory burns were conducted to characterize smoke emissions from building materials found at the wildland urban interface. Experiments probed emissions from smoldering and flaming combustion for nine man-made fuels. The data here are the observations from the laboratory experiments and the experimental parameters. Version updated on 10/30/2024.
Burn ID: Experiment identification number
Fuel: Material Burned
Temperature: Temperature of Experiment
Mass Consumed: Amount of Material Consumed during Burn
Minimum O2 Reading: Lowest O2 observed during experiment (%)
Modified Combustion Efficiency (MCE): a metric used to characterize combustion conditions
Scattering_405nm_Mm-1: Observed aerosol scattering at 405nm in Mm-1 from PASS-3
Absorption_405nm_Mm-1: Observed aerosol absorption at 405nm in Mm-1 from PASS-3
Scattering_532nm_Mm-1: Observed aerosol scattering at 532 in Mm-1 from PASS-3
Absorption_532nm_Mm-1: Observed aerosol absorption at 532 in Mm-1 from PASS-3
SSA_405nm: Single Scattering Albedo calculated for 405 nm
SSA_532nm: Single Scattering Albedo calculated for 532 nm
AAE_405_532: Absorption angstrom exponents is the wavelength dependency for light absorption calculated between 405 nm and 532 nm. The difference between absorption was only calculated when the difference was greater than 30% of the absorption signal.
GeometricMeanDiameter (nm): Used to statistically describe the lognormal distribution of the aerosol population.
GeometricStandardDeviation: Used to statistically describe the lognormal distribution of the aerosol population.
Total Mass extended size dist PM1 (ug/m3): Calculated PM1 emissions
Total Mass extended size dist PM2.5 (ug/m3): Calculated PM2.5 emissions
Volume Mean Diameter (nm): Volume mean diameter of the aerosol population
Total Black Carbon Mass (ug/m3): Total place carbon mass
Mean Black Carbon Mass (ug/m3): Average black carbon mass during the experiment
BC fraction: Fraction of aerosol mass that was black carbon
CO2/CO (ppm/ppm): Calculated Emission ratio
CH4/CO (ppm/ppm): Calculated Emission ratio
NOx/CO (ppb/ppm): Calculated Emission ratio
HCHO/CO (ppb/ppm): Calculated Emission ratio
CO Emission Factor (g/Kg fuel): Calculated Emission Factor
CO2 Emission Factor (g/Kg fuel): Calculated Emission Factor
CH4 Emission Factor (g/Kg fuel): Calculated Emission Factor
Nox Emission Factor (g/Kg fuel): Calculated Emission Factor
HCHO Emission Factor (g/Kg fuel): Calculated Emission Factor
PM1 Emission Factor (g/Kg fuel): Calculated Emission Factor
PM2.5 Emission Factor (g/Kg fuel): Calculated Emission Factor
