The anthropogenic contribution to atmospheric black carbon concentrations in southern Africa: a WRF-Chem modeling study

Kuik, F.; Lauer, A.; Beukes, J. P.; Van Zyl, P. G.; Josipovic, M.; Vakkari, V.; Laakso, L.; Feig, G. T.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-15-8809-2015

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12 Aug 2015

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The anthropogenic contribution to atmospheric black carbon concentrations in southern Africa: a WRF-Chem modeling study

F. Kuik, A. Lauer, J. P. Beukes, P. G. Van Zyl, M. Josipovic, V. Vakkari, L. Laakso, and G. T. Feig

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RC C1311: 'General Remarks', Anonymous Referee #1, 04 Apr 2015
- AC C4004: 'Response to comments of referee #1', Friderike Kuik, 25 Jun 2015
RC C1478: 'Comment to “The anthropogenic contribution to atmospheric black carbon concentrations in southern Africa: a WRF-Chem modeling study”', Anonymous Referee #2, 10 Apr 2015
- AC C4026: 'Response to comments of referee #2', Friderike Kuik, 25 Jun 2015

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AR by Friderike Kuik on behalf of the Authors (25 Jun 2015) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (26 Jun 2015) by Veli-Matti Kerminen

RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (13 Jul 2015)

ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (15 Jul 2015) by Veli-Matti Kerminen

AR by Friderike Kuik on behalf of the Authors (17 Jul 2015) Author's response Manuscript

Short summary

The numerical model WRF-Chem is used to estimate the contribution of anthropogenic emissions to BC, aerosol optical depth and atmospheric heating rates over southern Africa. An evaluation of the model with observational data including long-term BC measurements shows that the basic meteorology is reproduced reasonably well but simulated near-surface BC concentrations are underestimated by up to 50%. It is found that up to 100% of the BC in highly industrialized regions is of anthropogenic origin.