Agenda

Convener: Dantong Liu, Zhejiang University

● Chemical composition and microphysical structure of biomass burning aerosols.
● Optical properties of biomass burning aerosols.
● Water interactions of biomass burning aerosols.
● Mixing state of biomass burning aerosols.
● Photochemical ageing of biomass burning organic aerosol.

● Transport of biomass burning aerosols: Modelling and observation.
● Long-term and seasonal trends of biomass burning aerosol pollution.
● Evolution of biomass burning aerosols during transportation.
● Mitigation and control of biomass burning aerosols through technology, policy and behaviour.

● Interactions between biomass burning and radiation, clouds and dynamics.
● The effect of biomass burning on regional climates.
● Deposition and impacts of biomass burning on snow and ice.
● Parameterization of aerosols from burning biomass in climate models.

● Toxicity and pathogenic mechanisms of biomass burning particles.
● In vitro, animal and acellular (e.g. oxidative potential) studies of biomass burning aerosols.
● Epidemiological study of adverse health effects of biomass burning aerosols.
● Evolution of toxicity of biomass burning aerosols during atmospheric ageing.