Original title: PHYSICOCHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS AND EVOLUTION OF AEROSOL FROM OPEN COMBUSTION OF BIOMASS DURING THE TRADITIONAL “BURNING OF THE WITCHES”
Authors: Mbengue, Saliou ; Vodička, Petr ; Komínková, Kateřina ; Schwarz, Jaroslav ; Zíková, Naděžda ; Vítková, Gabriela ; Windell, Laurence Christian ; Suchánková, Lenka ; Lhotka, Radek ; Julaha, Kajal ; Prokeš, Roman ; Šmejkalová Holubová, A. ; Ondráček, Jakub ; Ždímal, Vladimír ; Holoubek, Ivan
Document type: Papers
Conference/Event: VÝROČNÍ KONFERENCE ČESKÉ AEROSOLOVÉ SPOLEČNOSTI /22./, Čeladná (CZ), 20231113
Year: 2023
Language: eng
Abstract: Open biomass burning (OBB) is a major source releasing large quantities of gaseous and particulate pollutants into the atmosphere, with global, regional and local impacts on air quality, public health and climate (Andreae, 2019, Chen et al., 2017). OBB aerosols mainly consist of carbonaceous matter, and a considerable amount of inorganic salts, which present distinctly different optical properties (Chen et al., 2017, Reid et al., 2005). In this study, we investigate the influence of OBB during the traditional Burning of the Witches (BoW), referred to in Czech as “Pálení čarodějnic”, on the physico-chemical properties of atmospheric aerosols collected at the National Atmospheric Observatory Košetice (NAOK). The BoW is a centuries-old pagan tradition very popular in the Czech Republic. Today, it is celebrated during the night from April 30 to May 1 by lighting bonfires made of woodpiles with fake witches.
Keywords: air pollution; atmospheric ageing; biomass burning; size distribution
Project no.: LM2023030 (CEP), 871115
Funding provider: GA MŠk
Host item entry: SBORNÍK XXII. VÝROČNÍ KONFERENCE ČESKÉ AEROSOLOVÉ SPOLEČNOSTI, ISBN 978-80-908653-1-0

Institution: Global Change Research Institute AS ČR (web)
Document availability information: Fulltext is available in the digital repository of the Academy of Sciences.
Original record: https://hdl.handle.net/11104/0348739

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