Spatial, temporal and source contribution assessments of black carbon over the northern interior of South Africa

Chiloane, Kgaugelo Euphinia; Beukes, Johan Paul; van Zyl, Pieter Gideon; Maritz, Petra; Vakkari, Ville; Josipovic, Miroslav; Venter, Andrew Derick; Jaars, Kerneels; Tiitta, Petri; Kulmala, Markku; Wiedensohler, Alfred; Liousse, Catherine; Mkhatshwa, Gabisile Vuyisile; Ramandh, Avishkar; Laakso, Lauri

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-6177-2017

Articles | Volume 17, issue 10

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-6177-2017

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

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-6177-2017

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

Articles | Volume 17, issue 10

Research article

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19 May 2017

Research article |

| 19 May 2017

Spatial, temporal and source contribution assessments of black carbon over the northern interior of South Africa

Kgaugelo Euphinia Chiloane, Johan Paul Beukes, Pieter Gideon van Zyl, Petra Maritz, Ville Vakkari, Miroslav Josipovic, Andrew Derick Venter, Kerneels Jaars, Petri Tiitta, Markku Kulmala, Alfred Wiedensohler, Catherine Liousse, Gabisile Vuyisile Mkhatshwa, Avishkar Ramandh, and Lauri Laakso

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RC1: 'Review of Chiloane et al acp-2016-934', Anonymous Referee #1, 13 Dec 2016
- AC1: 'Reply to Referee #1 and #2 - both in same document to enable cross referencing between comments of the two referees', Johan Paul Beukes, 07 Apr 2017
RC2: 'Review of “Spatial, temporal and source contribution assessments of BC over the northern interior of South Africa” by K. Chiloane et al.', Anonymous Referee #2, 23 Dec 2016
- AC2: 'Reply to Referee #1 and #2 - both in same document to enable cross referencing between comments of the two referees', Johan Paul Beukes, 07 Apr 2017

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

AR by Johan Paul Beukes on behalf of the Authors (07 Apr 2017)

ED: Reconsider after minor revisions (Editor review) (12 Apr 2017) by Andreas Petzold

AR by Johan Paul Beukes on behalf of the Authors (17 Apr 2017) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (18 Apr 2017) by Andreas Petzold

AR by Johan Paul Beukes on behalf of the Authors (18 Apr 2017)

Short summary

This paper presents atmospheric black carbon (BC) data collected in South Africa (SA). In general, BC level were higher than in the developed world. At one site, five sources were identified, with household combustion as well as savannah and grassland fires the most significant sources during winter and spring, while coal-fired power stations, pyrometallurgical smelters and traffic contributed year round.