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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-15-9413-2015
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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-15-9413-2015
© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Research article
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24 Aug 2015
Research article |
| 24 Aug 2015
Current model capabilities for simulating black carbon and sulfate concentrations in the Arctic atmosphere: a multi-model evaluation using a comprehensive measurement data set
NILU – Norwegian Institute for Air Research, Kjeller, Norway
B. Quennehen
Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ. Paris 06, Université Versailles St-Quentin, CNRS/INSU, LATMOS-IPSL, UMR8190, Paris, France
now at: Univ. Grenoble Alpes/CNRS, Laboratoire de Glaciologie et Géophysique de l'Environnement (LGGE), 38041 Grenoble, France
D. J. L. Olivié
Norwegian Meteorological Institute, Oslo, Norway
T. K. Berntsen
Center for International Climate and Environmental Research – Oslo (CICERO), Oslo, Norway
R. Cherian
Institute for Meteorology, Universität Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
J. H. Christensen
ENVS Department of Environmental Science, Aarhus University, Roskilde, Denmark
W. Collins
Met Office Hadley Centre, Exeter, UK
Department of Meteorology, University of Reading, Reading, UK
S. Crepinsek
Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, USA
NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory Physical Sciences Division/Polar Observations & Processes, Boulder, Colorado, USA
N. Daskalakis
Environmental Chemical Processes Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of Crete, Heraklion, Crete, Greece
ICE-HT/FORTH, Patras, Greece
M. Flanner
Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic, and Space Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
A. Herber
Alfred Wegener Institut, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, Germany
International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Laxenburg, Austria
Ø. Hodnebrog
Center for International Climate and Environmental Research – Oslo (CICERO), Oslo, Norway
Climate Research Division, Atmospheric Sci. & Tech. Directorate, S & T, Environment Canada Toronto, Ontario, Canada
M. Kanakidou
Environmental Chemical Processes Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of Crete, Heraklion, Crete, Greece
ICE-HT/FORTH, Patras, Greece
Z. Klimont
International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Laxenburg, Austria
J. Langner
Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute (SMHI), 60176 Norrköping, Sweden
K. S. Law
Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ. Paris 06, Université Versailles St-Quentin, CNRS/INSU, LATMOS-IPSL, UMR8190, Paris, France
M. T. Lund
Center for International Climate and Environmental Research – Oslo (CICERO), Oslo, Norway
R. Mahmood
School of Earth and Ocean Sciences, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Department of Meteorology, COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Islamabad, Pakistan
A. Massling
ENVS Department of Environmental Science, Aarhus University, Roskilde, Denmark
S. Myriokefalitakis
Environmental Chemical Processes Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of Crete, Heraklion, Crete, Greece
ICE-HT/FORTH, Patras, Greece
I. E. Nielsen
ENVS Department of Environmental Science, Aarhus University, Roskilde, Denmark
J. K. Nøjgaard
ENVS Department of Environmental Science, Aarhus University, Roskilde, Denmark
Institute for Meteorology, Universität Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
P. K. Quinn
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory, Seattle, WA, USA
J.-C. Raut
Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ. Paris 06, Université Versailles St-Quentin, CNRS/INSU, LATMOS-IPSL, UMR8190, Paris, France
S. T. Rumbold
Met Office Hadley Centre, Exeter, UK
National Centre for Atmospheric Science, University of Reading, Reading, UK
M. Schulz
Norwegian Meteorological Institute, Oslo, Norway
S. Sharma
Climate Research Division, Atmospheric Sci. & Tech. Directorate, S & T, Environment Canada Toronto, Ontario, Canada
R. B. Skeie
Center for International Climate and Environmental Research – Oslo (CICERO), Oslo, Norway
ENVS Department of Environmental Science, Aarhus University, Roskilde, Denmark
NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory Physical Sciences Division/Polar Observations & Processes, Boulder, Colorado, USA
K. von Salzen
Canadian Centre for Climate Modelling and Analysis, Environment Canada, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
NILU – Norwegian Institute for Air Research, Kjeller, Norway
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The concentrations of sulfate, black carbon and other aerosols in the Arctic are characterized by high values in late winter and spring (so-called Arctic Haze) and low values in summer. Models have long been struggling to capture this seasonality. In this study, we evaluate sulfate and BC concentrations from different updated models and emissions against a comprehensive pan-Arctic measurement data set. We find that the models improved but still struggle to get the maximum concentrations.
The concentrations of sulfate, black carbon and other aerosols in the Arctic are characterized...
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