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. 2023 Aug 7;16(8):683–688. doi: 10.1038/s41561-023-01237-9

Extended Data Fig. 3. Imaginary refractive index of water-soluble and dark BrC.

Extended Data Fig. 3

Ratio of spectral imaginary refractive index of water-soluble BrC (kWS-BrC) and d-BrC tar balls observed during this study. Water-soluble BrC refractive index was measured using spectrally-resolved light absorption in water extracts of particles from fresh smoke collected on filters at ground level. Water extraction of aerosol particles collected on filters from wildfire smoke typically accounts for approximately half of the overall solvent extractible BrC species58. The shaded region in the plot represent errors corresponding to one standard deviation of the measurements.