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AN: A22B-1071    [PDF]
TI: Particulate Monitoring during the 2003 Prescribed Burns in Banff National Park, Alberta Canada
AU: * Wiens, B J
EM: brian.wiens@ec.gc.ca
AF: Meteorological Service of Canada; Environment Canada, Room 200; 4999-98 Avenue, Edmonton, AB T6B 2X3 Canada
AU: Durocher, S
EM: Shauna.Durocher@ec.gc.ca
AF: Meteorological Service of Canada; Environment Canada, Room 200; 4999-98 Avenue, Edmonton, AB T6B 2X3 Canada
AU: Heathcott, M
EM: Mark.Heathcott@pc.gc.ca
AF: Western Fire Centre; Parks Canada, 13th Floor 635 - 8th Ave SW, Calgary, AB T2P 3M3 Canada
AB: Prescribed burns were conducted in Banff National Park, located in Alberta Canada, as part of a fire management and ecosystem renewal plan during May and June 2003. Burns were conducted over several weeks ranging in scale from fireguards up to several thousand hectares. No significant fires had occurred in this area since 1923. The burns occurred in a variety of fuel mixes (primarily coniferous), slopes and exposures in the Rocky Mountains, including some areas with Mountain Pine beetle infestation. On five days, portable particulate samplers (MiniVols) were deployed at one or two locations, where smoke was anticipated. Samplers were placed in pairs using quartz and zeflour filters. On four days, locations with deployed samplers received substantial exposure to intense smoke. The filters were analyzed for 65 elements using ICPMS, for 7 anions using IC, and for 22 PAH's using GC/MS. The methodology, a summary of the results and a preliminary analysis of the chemistry is presented.
DE: 0305 Aerosols and particles (0345, 4801)
DE: 0345 Pollution--urban and regional (0305)
DE: 0368 Troposphere--constituent transport and chemistry
DE: 0394 Instruments and techniques
SC: Atmospheric Sciences [A]
MN: 2003 Fall Meeting