FTIR and AMS Spectra of Fine Particulate Matter from Wood and Coal Combustion

FTIR and AMS spectra from wood and coal burning aerosols generated in an environmental chamber, alongside FTIR spectra of fine particulate matter from the IMPROVE network. The data was analyzed by Amir Yazdani of École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne and published in 2020. For further information, refer to the associated DATASET_README.txt file.

Use Cases

• Train source apportionment models based on FTIR and AMS spectral signatures of wood and coal combustion.
• Develop classifiers for aerosol aging states based on spectra obtained from environmental chamber experiments.
• Validate atmospheric chemistry models using the IMPROVE network's fine particulate matter FTIR spectra.

Strengths

• Data originates from controlled environmental chamber experiments and a major monitoring network (IMPROVE).
• Includes spectra from both primary emissions and aged aerosols, which likely allows for studying transformation processes.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale ML tasks.

Provenance

Source

École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

Collection Method

Spectra obtained from environmental chamber experiments and the IMPROVE network.