PHYSICOCHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS AND EVOLUTION OF AEROSOL FROM OPEN COMBUSTION OF BIOMASS DURING THE TRADITIONAL “BURNING OF THE WITCHES”

0579942 - ÚVGZ 2024 RIV CZ eng C - Conference Paper (international conference)
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
PHYSICOCHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS AND EVOLUTION OF AEROSOL FROM OPEN COMBUSTION OF BIOMASS DURING THE TRADITIONAL “BURNING OF THE WITCHES”.
SBORNÍK XXII. VÝROČNÍ KONFERENCE ČESKÉ AEROSOLOVÉ SPOLEČNOSTI. Praha: Česká aerosolová společnost, z.s, 2023 - (Suchánková, L.), s. 109-112. ISBN 978-80-908653-1-0.
[VÝROČNÍ KONFERENCE ČESKÉ AEROSOLOVÉ SPOLEČNOSTI /22./. Čeladná (CZ), 13.11.2023-14.11.2023]
R&D Projects: GA MŠMT(CZ) LM2023030
EU Projects: European Commission(XE) 871115 - ACTRIS IMP
Research Infrastructure: CzeCOS IV - 90248
Institutional support: RVO:86652079 ; RVO:67985858
Keywords : biomass burning * air pollution * size distribution * atmospheric ageing
OECD category: Environmental sciences (social aspects to be 5.7); Environmental sciences (social aspects to be 5.7) (UCHP-M)

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.
Permanent Link: https://hdl.handle.net/11104/0348739