University of Montana ScholarWorks at University of Montana Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers Graduate School 2020 Air Quality and Climate Impacts of Western U.S. Wildfires Vanessa Selimovic University of Montana, Missoula Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.umt.edu/etd Let us know how access to this document benefits ou.y Recommended Citation Selimovic, Vanessa, "Air Quality and Climate Impacts of Western U.S. Wildfires" (2020). Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers. 11634. https://scholarworks.umt.edu/etd/11634 This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by the Graduate School at ScholarWorks at University of Montana. It has been accepted for inclusion in Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks at University of Montana. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. AIR QUALITY AND CLIMATE IMPACTS OF WESTERN US WILDFIRES By VANESSA SELIMOVIC B.A. Chemistry, Concordia University, Portland, OR, 2014 Dissertation presented in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctorate of Philosophy in Chemistry The University of Montana Missoula, MT August 2020 Approved by: Scott Whittenburg, Dean of The Graduate School Graduate School Dr. Robert Yokelson, Committee Chair Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry Dr. Lu Hu, Committee Member Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry Dr. Mark Cracolice, Committee Member Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry Dr. Michael DeGrandpre, Committee Member Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry Dr. Philip Higuera, Committee Member Department of Forestry i Selimovic, Vanessa, PhD, Summer 2020 Chemistry Air quality and climate impacts of western US wildfires Advisor: Dr. Robert Yokelson, Department of Chemistry Abstract: Wildfire smoke impacts are important in the western US and projected to increase substantially in upcoming decades.