Relative importance of black carbon, brown carbon, and absorption enhancement from clear coatings in biomass burning emissions

Pokhrel, Rudra P.; Beamesderfer, Eric R.; Wagner, Nick L.; Langridge, Justin M.; Lack, Daniel A.; Jayarathne, Thilina; Stone, Elizabeth A.; Stockwell, Chelsea E.; Yokelson, Robert J.; Murphy, Shane M.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-5063-2017

Articles | Volume 17, issue 8

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-5063-2017

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-5063-2017

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

Articles | Volume 17, issue 8

Research article

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19 Apr 2017

Research article |

| 19 Apr 2017

Relative importance of black carbon, brown carbon, and absorption enhancement from clear coatings in biomass burning emissions

Rudra P. Pokhrel, Eric R. Beamesderfer, Nick L. Wagner, Justin M. Langridge, Daniel A. Lack, Thilina Jayarathne, Elizabeth A. Stone, Chelsea E. Stockwell, Robert J. Yokelson, and Shane M. Murphy

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AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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RC1: 'Relative Importance of Black Carbon, Brown Carbon and Absorption Enhancement from Clear Coatings in Biomass Burning Emissions', Anonymous Referee #1, 20 Dec 2016
- AC1: 'Response to Referee # 1', Rudra Pokhrel, 25 Feb 2017
RC2: 'comments on"Relative Importance of Black Carbon, Brown Carbon and Absorption Enhancement from Clear Coatings in Biomass Burning Emissions"', Anonymous Referee #2, 27 Dec 2016
- AC2: 'Response to Referee # 2', Rudra Pokhrel, 25 Feb 2017
RC3: 'Referee comment', Anonymous Referee #3, 28 Dec 2016
- AC3: 'Response to Referee # 3', Rudra Pokhrel, 25 Feb 2017
SC1: 'Short comment on Pokhrel et al.', Cenlin He, 09 Jan 2017
- AC4: 'Response to Short Comment', Rudra Pokhrel, 25 Feb 2017

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

AR by Rudra Pokhrel on behalf of the Authors (25 Feb 2017) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (09 Mar 2017) by Hang Su

RR by Anonymous Referee #3 (17 Mar 2017)

ED: Publish as is (22 Mar 2017) by Hang Su

AR by Rudra Pokhrel on behalf of the Authors (25 Mar 2017)

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This study investigates enhancement of black carbon (BC) absorption in biomass burning emissions due to absorbing and non-absorbing coatings. The fraction of absorption due to BC, brown carbon (BrC), and lensing is estimated using different approaches. The similarities and differences between the results from these approaches are discussed. Absorption by BrC is shown to have good correlation with the elemental to organic carbon ratio (EC / OC) and AAE.