Charcoal analysis for temperature reconstruction with infrared spectroscopy

• Published in: Frontiers in earth science (Lausanne) Vol. 12
• Main Authors: Minatre, Kerri L., Arienzo, Monica M., Moosmüller, Hans, Maezumi, S. Yoshi
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A 16.02.2024
• Subjects: charcoal; combustion facility; fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR); pyrolysis temperature; vegetation fire

The duration and maximum combustion temperature of vegetation fires are important fire properties with implications for ecology, hydrology, hazard potential, and many other processes. Directly measuring maximum combustion temperature during vegetation fires is difficult. However, chemical transforma...