Long-range transport of black carbon to the Pacific Ocean and its dependence on aging timescale

Zhang, J.; Liu, J.; Tao, S.; Ban-Weiss, G. A.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-15-11521-2015

Articles | Volume 15, issue 20

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-15-11521-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-15-11521-2015

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

Articles | Volume 15, issue 20

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20 Oct 2015

Research article |

| 20 Oct 2015

Long-range transport of black carbon to the Pacific Ocean and its dependence on aging timescale

J. Zhang, J. Liu, S. Tao, and G. A. Ban-Weiss

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RC C5162: 'Long-range transport of black carbon to the Pacific Ocean and its dependence on aging timescale', Huisheng Bian, 23 Jul 2015
- AC C7307: 'Response to Referee Dr. Huisheng Bian', Junfeng Liu, 27 Sep 2015
RC C5205: 'Review of "Long-range transport of black carbon to the Pacific Ocean and its dependence on aging timescale" by Zhang et al.', Anonymous Referee #2, 26 Jul 2015
- AC C7308: 'Response to Anonymous Referee # 2', Junfeng Liu, 27 Sep 2015
RC C5282: 'Review', Anonymous Referee #3, 28 Jul 2015
- AC C7309: 'Response to Anonymous Referee # 3', Junfeng Liu, 27 Sep 2015
RC C5902: 'Interactive comment on “Long-range transport of black carbon to the Pacific Ocean and its dependence on aging timescale” by J. Zhang et al.', Anonymous Referee #4, 14 Aug 2015
- AC C7310: 'Response to Anonymous Referee # 4', Junfeng Liu, 27 Sep 2015

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AR by Junfeng Liu on behalf of the Authors (28 Sep 2015) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (29 Sep 2015) by Manabu Shiraiwa

AR by Junfeng Liu on behalf of the Authors (30 Sep 2015) Manuscript

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We tag BC emissions from 13 source regions around the globe in a global chemical transport model MOZART-4 and optimize the aging timescale for each source region by minimizing errors in vertical profiles of BC mass mixing ratios between simulations and HIAPER Polo-to-Pole Observations (HIPPO). We find that the optimized aging timescale of BC varies significantly by region and season. Our simulations indicate that BC lifetime increases nearly linearly with aging timescale for all source regions.