Sources of black carbon aerosols in South Asia and surrounding regions during the Integrated Campaign for Aerosols, Gases and Radiation Budget (ICARB)

Kumar, R.; Barth, M. C.; Nair, V. S.; Pfister, G. G.; Suresh Babu, S.; Satheesh, S. K.; Krishna Moorthy, K.; Carmichael, G. R.; Lu, Z.; Streets, D. G.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-15-5415-2015

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19 May 2015

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| 19 May 2015

Sources of black carbon aerosols in South Asia and surrounding regions during the Integrated Campaign for Aerosols, Gases and Radiation Budget (ICARB)

R. Kumar, M. C. Barth, V. S. Nair, G. G. Pfister, S. Suresh Babu, S. K. Satheesh, K. Krishna Moorthy, G. R. Carmichael, Z. Lu, and D. G. Streets

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RC C10899: 'review of Kumar et al., Sources of black carbon aerosols in South Asia and surrounding regions during the Integrated Campaign for Aerosols, Gases and Radiation Budget (ICARB)', Anonymous Referee #1, 06 Jan 2015
- AC C12688: 'Response to Reviewer#1', Rajesh Kumar, 18 Mar 2015
RC C11414: 'review of the manuscript "Sources of black carbon ..."', Anonymous Referee #2, 20 Jan 2015
- AC C12689: 'Response to Reviewer#2', Rajesh Kumar, 18 Mar 2015
AC C12690: 'Other changes to the manuscript', Rajesh Kumar, 18 Mar 2015

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Short summary

We examine differences in the surface BC between the Bay of Bengal (BoB) and the Arabian Sea (AS) and identify dominant sources of BC in South Asia during ICARB. Anthropogenic emissions were the main source of BC during ICARB and had about 5 times stronger influence on the BoB compared to the AS. Regional-scale transport contributes up to 25% of BC mass concentrations in western and eastern India, suggesting that surface BC mass concentrations cannot be linked directly to the local emissions.