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09 Oct 2017
Research article |
| 09 Oct 2017
Re-evaluating black carbon in the Himalayas and the Tibetan Plateau: concentrations and deposition
Key Laboratory of Tibetan Environment Changes and Land
Surface Processes, Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese
Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
Laboratory of Green Chemistry, Lappeenranta University of
Technology, Sammonkatu 12, 50130 Mikkeli, Finland
CAS Center for Excellence in Tibetan Plateau Earth Sciences,
Beijing 100101, China
Fangping Yan
Laboratory of Green Chemistry, Lappeenranta University of
Technology, Sammonkatu 12, 50130 Mikkeli, Finland
Shichang Kang
State Key Laboratory of Cryospheric Sciences, Northwest
Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of
Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China
CAS Center for Excellence in Tibetan Plateau Earth Sciences,
Beijing 100101, China
Pengfei Chen
State Key Laboratory of Cryospheric Sciences, Northwest
Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of
Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China
Xiaowen Han
Key Laboratory of Tibetan Environment Changes and Land
Surface Processes, Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese
Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049,
China
Zhaofu Hu
State Key Laboratory of Cryospheric Sciences, Northwest
Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of
Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049,
China
Guoshuai Zhang
Key Laboratory of Tibetan Environment Changes and Land
Surface Processes, Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese
Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
Ye Hong
Institute of Atmospheric Environment, China Meteorological
Administration, Shenyang 110166, China
Shaopeng Gao
Key Laboratory of Tibetan Environment Changes and Land
Surface Processes, Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese
Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
Bin Qu
Laboratory of Green Chemistry, Lappeenranta University of
Technology, Sammonkatu 12, 50130 Mikkeli, Finland
Zhejing Zhu
Environmental Research Institute, Shandong University, Jinan
250100, China
Jiwei Li
Environmental Research Institute, Shandong University, Jinan
250100, China
Bing Chen
Environmental Research Institute, Shandong University, Jinan
250100, China
Mika Sillanpää
Laboratory of Green Chemistry, Lappeenranta University of
Technology, Sammonkatu 12, 50130 Mikkeli, Finland
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Florida
International University, Miami, FL 33174, USA
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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.
In this study, we found, due to contribution of carbonates, previously reported BC concentration...
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