The importance of Asia as a source of black carbon to the European Arctic during springtime 2013

Liu, D.; Quennehen, B.; Darbyshire, E.; Allan, J. D.; Williams, P. I.; Taylor, J. W.; Bauguitte, S. J.-B.; Flynn, M. J.; Lowe, D.; Gallagher, M. W.; Bower, K. N.; Choularton, T. W.; Coe, H.

doi:10.5194/acp-15-11537-2015

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The importance of Asia as a source of black carbon to the European Arctic during springtime 2013

D. Liu, B. Quennehen, E. Darbyshire, J. D. Allan, P. I. Williams, J. W. Taylor, S. J.-B. Bauguitte, M. J. Flynn, D. Lowe, M. W. Gallagher, K. N. Bower, T. W. Choularton, and H. Coe

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We show that during the springtime of 2013, the anthropogenic pollution particularly from sources in Asia, contributed significantly to black carbon across the European Arctic free troposphere. In contrast to previous studies, the contribution from open wildfires was minimal. Given that Asian pollution is likely to continue to rise over the coming years, it is likely that the radiative forcing in the Arctic will also continue to increase.