Re-evaluating black carbon in the Himalayas and the Tibetan Plateau: concentrations and deposition

Li, Chaoliu; Yan, Fangping; Kang, Shichang; Chen, Pengfei; Han, Xiaowen; Hu, Zhaofu; Zhang, Guoshuai; Hong, Ye; Gao, Shaopeng; Qu, Bin; Zhu, Zhejing; Li, Jiwei; Chen, Bing; Sillanpää, Mika

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-11899-2017

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09 Oct 2017

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| 09 Oct 2017

Re-evaluating black carbon in the Himalayas and the Tibetan Plateau: concentrations and deposition

Chaoliu Li, Fangping Yan, Shichang Kang, Pengfei Chen, Xiaowen Han, Zhaofu Hu, Guoshuai Zhang, Ye Hong, Shaopeng Gao, Bin Qu, Zhejing Zhu, Jiwei Li, Bing Chen, and Mika Sillanpää

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RC1: 'comments on "reevaluating the BC in the HTP: concentration and deposition', Anonymous Referee #1, 02 Jun 2017
- AC1: 'author's response to RC1', Chaoliu Li, 22 Jul 2017
RC2: 'Review comments on Li et al. “Reevaluating the black carbon in the Himalayan and Tibetan Plateau: concentration and deposition”', Anonymous Referee #2, 09 Jun 2017
- AC2: 'author's response to RC2', Chaoliu Li, 22 Jul 2017

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

AR by Chaoliu Li on behalf of the Authors (22 Jul 2017)

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (10 Aug 2017) by Ernest Weingartner

RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (16 Aug 2017)

ED: Reconsider after minor revisions (Editor review) (24 Aug 2017) by Ernest Weingartner

AR by Chaoliu Li on behalf of the Authors (29 Aug 2017)

ED: Publish as is (01 Sep 2017) by Ernest Weingartner

AR by Chaoliu Li on behalf of the Authors (03 Sep 2017)

Short summary

In this study, we found, due to contribution of carbonates, previously reported BC concentration in atmosphere of the Himalayas and Tibetan Plateau (HTP) were overestimated by around 39–52 %. Meanwhile, we found BC deposition of lake cores overestimated the atmospheric deposition of BC in the HTP; BC depositions of glacier region reflected actual values of 17.9 ± 5.3 mg m⁻² a⁻¹. The above results are critical for studying atmospheric distribution and chemical transport of BC in and around the HTP.