Black carbon concentrations and mixing state in the Finnish Arctic

Raatikainen, T.; Brus, D.; Hyvärinen, A.-P.; Svensson, J.; Asmi, E.; Lihavainen, H.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-15-10057-2015

Articles | Volume 15, issue 17

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-15-10057-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-15-10057-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 15, issue 17

Research article

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09 Sep 2015

Research article |

| 09 Sep 2015

Black carbon concentrations and mixing state in the Finnish Arctic

T. Raatikainen, D. Brus, A.-P. Hyvärinen, J. Svensson, E. Asmi, and H. Lihavainen

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RC C4720: 'Manuscript Review - Reviewer 1', Darrel Baumgardner, 09 Jul 2015
- AC C6178: 'Response D. Baumgardner (Referee)', Tomi Raatikainen, 24 Aug 2015
RC C4787: 'Raatikainen et al. “Black carbon concentrations and mixing state in the Finnish Arctic”', Anonymous Referee #3, 12 Jul 2015
- AC C6185: 'Response to Anonymous Referee #3', Tomi Raatikainen, 24 Aug 2015
RC C4792: 'Comments', Anonymous Referee #2, 12 Jul 2015
- AC C6192: 'Response to Anonymous Referee #2', Tomi Raatikainen, 24 Aug 2015

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

AR by Tomi Raatikainen on behalf of the Authors (24 Aug 2015) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (30 Aug 2015) by Alexander Laskin

AR by Tomi Raatikainen on behalf of the Authors (31 Aug 2015)

Short summary

We have measured atmospheric aerosol composition by using a Single Particle Soot Photometer (SP2) in the Finnish Arctic during winter 2011-2012. SP2 can give detailed information about mass distributions and mixing state of refractory black carbon (rBC). The measurements showed varying rBC mass concentrations, but relatively constant rBC core size distributions and mixing state parameters. On average, 24% of all particles contain rBC and the observed rBC cores are always thickly coated.