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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
Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management,
North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, South Africa
Johan Paul Beukes
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management,
North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, South Africa
Pieter Gideon van Zyl
Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management,
North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, South Africa
Petra Maritz
Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management,
North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, South Africa
Ville Vakkari
Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki,
Finland
Miroslav Josipovic
Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management,
North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, South Africa
Andrew Derick Venter
Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management,
North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, South Africa
Kerneels Jaars
Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management,
North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, South Africa
Petri Tiitta
Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management,
North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, South Africa
Department of Environmental and Biological Sciences,
University of Eastern Finland, P.O. Box 1627, Kuopio,
Finland
Markku Kulmala
Department of Physics, University of Helsinki, Helsinki,
Finland
Alfred Wiedensohler
Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research, Leipzig,
Germany
Catherine Liousse
Laboratoire d'Aérologie, Université Paul
Sabatier-CNRS, OMP, 14 Avenue Edouard Belin, Toulouse,
France
Gabisile Vuyisile Mkhatshwa
Research, Testing and Development, Eskom SOC Ltd,
Rosherville, South Africa
Avishkar Ramandh
Sasol Technology R&D (Pty) Limited, Sasolburg, South
Africa
Lauri Laakso
Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management,
North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, South Africa
Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki,
Finland
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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.
This paper presents atmospheric black carbon (BC) data collected in South Africa (SA). In...
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