FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE CONTRIBUTIONS NO. 97 CHEMICAL CHARACTERISATION OF FINE PARTICLES FROM BIOMASS BURNING Karri Saarnio Department of Chemistry Faculty of Science University of Helsinki Helsinki, Finland ACADEMIC DISSERTATION in Analytical Chemistry To be presented, with the permission of the Faculty of Science of the University of Helsinki, for public criticism in Auditorium A129 of the Department of Chemistry on October 18th, 2013, at 12 o’clock noon. Finnish Meteorological Institute Helsinki 2013 Author’s Address: Finnish Meteorological Institute P.O. Box 503, FI-00101 Helsinki, Finland
[email protected] Supervisor: Research Professor Risto Hillamo Finnish Meteorological Institute Air Quality Helsinki, Finland Reviewers: Associate Professor Marianne Glasius Aarhus University Department of Chemistry Aarhus, Denmark Professor Jyrki Mäkelä Tampere University of Technology Department of Physics Tampere, Finland Opponent: Professor Magda Claeys University of Antwerp Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences Antwerp, Belgium Custos: Professor Marja-Liisa Riekkola University of Helsinki Department of Chemistry Helsinki, Finland ISBN 978-951-697-791-4 (paperback) ISSN 0782-6117 Unigrafia Oy Helsinki 2013 ISBN 978-951-697-792-1 (pdf) http://ethesis.helsinki.fi Helsingin yliopiston verkkojulkaisut Helsinki 2013 Series title, number and report code of publication Finnish Meteorological Institute Contributions No. 97 Published by Finnish Meteorological Institute FMI-CONT-97 (Erik Palménin aukio 1), P.O. Box 503 FIN-00101 Helsinki, Finland Date: October 2013 Author(s) Karri Saarnio Title Chemical characterisation of fine particles from biomass burning Abstract Biomass burning has lately started to attract attention because there is a need to decrease the carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from the combustion of fossil fuels.