Replicated emission factors for a wide range of trace gases measured during controlled laboratory burning experiments. The data covers multiple Canadian boreal forest fuel types, including Ponderosa pine, mulch, grass, and peat, under dry and wet conditions. This dataset was produced as part of the Biomass Burning Canada (BBCan) campaign and supports the manuscript "Characterization of Trace Gas Emissions from Controlled Laboratory Burning of Canadian Boreal Forest Fuels."
Use Cases
- Modeling biomass burning emission inventories based on fuel-specific emission factors.
- Comparing trace gas emissions from different boreal forest fuel types and moisture conditions.
- Validating atmospheric chemistry models with laboratory-derived emission data.
- Analyzing the relationship between fuel properties and gaseous species output.
Strengths
- Data is derived from controlled laboratory experiments, which likely ensures consistent measurement conditions.
- Covers multiple distinct fuel types (e.g., Ponderosa pine, mulch, grass, peat) and moisture states (dry and wet).
- Emission factors are calculated at the individual burn level for the entire burning period.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count and dataset scale are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Data is specific to laboratory conditions and Canadian boreal forest fuels; generalizability to other ecosystems or real-world fires may be limited.
Provenance
- Source
- Borealis Harvested Dataverse
- Collection Method
- Measured using iodide chemical ionization mass spectrometry (I-CIMS) and proton transfer reaction mass spectrometry (Vocus PTR-MS) during controlled biomass burning experiments.
- Time Range
- null
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-04-25 04:14:58; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Canadian boreal forest fuels (laboratory setting).