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Research article
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21 Jun 2017
Research article |
| 21 Jun 2017
Effects of the Wegener–Bergeron–Findeisen process on global black carbon distribution
Ling Qi
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, University of
California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Joint Institute for Regional Earth System Science and Engineering,
University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Qinbin Li
Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, University of
California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Joint Institute for Regional Earth System Science and Engineering,
University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Cenlin He
Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, University of
California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Joint Institute for Regional Earth System Science and Engineering,
University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Key Laboratory for Semi-Arid Climate Change of the Ministry of
Education, College of Atmospheric Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou,
China
Jianping Huang
Key Laboratory for Semi-Arid Climate Change of the Ministry of
Education, College of Atmospheric Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou,
China
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Short summary
Black carbon (BC) is the second only to CO2 in heating the planet, but the simulation of BC is associated with large uncertainties. BC burden is largely underestimated over land and overestimated over ocean. Our study finds that a missing process in current Wegener–Bergeron–Findeisen models largely explains the discrepancy in BC simulation over land. We call for more observations of BC in mixed-phase clouds to understand this process and improve the simulation of global BC.
Black carbon (BC) is the second only to CO2 in heating the planet, but the simulation of BC is...
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