Source attribution of black carbon and its direct radiative forcing in China

Yang, Yang; Wang, Hailong; Smith, Steven J.; Ma, Po-Lun; Rasch, Philip J.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-4319-2017

Articles | Volume 17, issue 6

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-4319-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-4319-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 17, issue 6

Research article

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30 Mar 2017

Research article |

| 30 Mar 2017

Source attribution of black carbon and its direct radiative forcing in China

Yang Yang, Hailong Wang, Steven J. Smith, Po-Lun Ma, and Philip J. Rasch

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RC1: 'Comments on Yang et al.', Anonymous Referee #1, 19 Dec 2016
- AC1: 'Responses to reviewer 1', Yang Yang, 02 Feb 2017
RC2: 'Review of “Source attribution of black carbon and its direct radiative forcing in China” by Yang et al', Anonymous Referee #2, 05 Jan 2017
- AC2: 'Responses to reviewer 1', Yang Yang, 02 Feb 2017
RC3: 'Review of “Source attribution of black carbon and its direct radiative forcing in China” by Y. Yang et al.', Anonymous Referee #3, 18 Jan 2017
- AC3: 'Responses to reviewer 3', Yang Yang, 02 Feb 2017

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AR by Yang Yang on behalf of the Authors (02 Feb 2017) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Reconsider after minor revisions (Editor review) (22 Feb 2017) by Hang Su

AR by Yang Yang on behalf of the Authors (23 Feb 2017) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (09 Mar 2017) by Hang Su

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The source attributions of black carbon (BC) in China are quantified using the Community Earth System Model by source tagging. BC impacts neighboring regions greatly. Transport is important in increasing BC during regional polluted days. Emissions outside China contribute 35 % of BC direct radiative forcing in China. Efficiency analysis shows that reduction in BC emissions over eastern China could have a greater benefit for regional air quality in China, especially in the winter haze season.