Articles | Volume 17, issue 9
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-6003-2017
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-6003-2017
Research article
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16 May 2017
Research article |  | 16 May 2017

Sensitivity of black carbon concentrations and climate impact to aging and scavenging in OsloCTM2–M7

Marianne T. Lund, Terje K. Berntsen, and Bjørn H. Samset

Data sets

HIPPO CDIAC – Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center Data Archive, Oak Ridge National Laboratory http://hippo.ornl.gov/

IMPROVE FED, Colorado State University's Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere http://views.cira.colostate.edu/fed/DataWizard/Default.aspx

ARCTAS NASA https://www-air.larc.nasa.gov/missions/arctas/arctas.html

ARCPAC NOAA http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/csd/projects/arcpac/

NOAA GMD NOAA https://www.esrl.noaa.gov/gmd/

EBAS NILU – Norwegian Institute for Air Research http://ebas.nilu.no/

ECLIPSEv4 NILU – Norwegian Institute for Air Research http://eclipse.nilu.no/

CASTNET U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Clean Air Markets Division http://www.epa.gov/castnet

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This study investigates possibilities for improving the representation of black carbon (BC) distribution in a global atmospheric chemistry-transport model by exploring uncertainties in key processes controlling the removal of aerosols from the atmosphere. Our results provide an increased understanding of the processes contributing to uncertainties in the BC abundance and climate impact and underline the importance of more observations and experimental data further constrain models.
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