Morphology and mixing of black carbon particles collected in central California during the CARES field study

Moffet, Ryan C.; O'Brien, Rachel E.; Alpert, Peter A.; Kelly, Stephen T.; Pham, Don Q.; Gilles, Mary K.; Knopf, Daniel A.; Laskin, Alexander

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-14515-2016

Articles | Volume 16, issue 22

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-14515-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-14515-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 16, issue 22

Research article

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23 Nov 2016

Research article |

| 23 Nov 2016

Morphology and mixing of black carbon particles collected in central California during the CARES field study

Ryan C. Moffet, Rachel E. O'Brien, Peter A. Alpert, Stephen T. Kelly, Don Q. Pham, Mary K. Gilles, Daniel A. Knopf, and Alexander Laskin

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Atmospheric black carbon (BC), commonly known as soot, is an important constituent of the earth that imparts a warming similar to that of carbon dioxide. However, BC is much shorter lived and has uncertain warming due to its mixture with other solid and liquid components. Here, advanced microscopic methods have provided a detailed look at thousands of BC particles sampled from central California; these measurements will lead towards a better understanding of the effects that BC has on climate.