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Light absorption properties and potential sources of particulate brown carbon in the Pearl River Delta region of China
Zhujie Li
Collaborative Innovation Center of Atmospheric Environment and
Equipment Technology, Nanjing University of Information Science and
Technology, Nanjing, China
Key Laboratory of Regional Numerical Weather Prediction, Institute of Tropical and Marine Meteorology, China Meteorological Administration,
Guangzhou, China
Now at Emergency Early Warning Release and Weather Modification Center of Guangdong, Guangzhou 510080, China
Haobo Tan
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Key Laboratory of Regional Numerical Weather Prediction, Institute of Tropical and Marine Meteorology, China Meteorological Administration,
Guangzhou, China
Foshan Meteorological Service of Guangdong, Foshan 528010, Guangdong, China
Collaborative Innovation Center of Atmospheric Environment and
Equipment Technology, Nanjing University of Information Science and
Technology, Nanjing, China
Li Liu
Key Laboratory of Regional Numerical Weather Prediction, Institute of Tropical and Marine Meteorology, China Meteorological Administration,
Guangzhou, China
Department of Atmospheric Science, Sun yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
Yiming Qin
School of Energy and Environment, City University of Hong Kong SAR, Hong Kong, China
Now at School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA
Nan Wang
Key Laboratory of Regional Numerical Weather Prediction, Institute of Tropical and Marine Meteorology, China Meteorological Administration,
Guangzhou, China
Key Laboratory of Regional Numerical Weather Prediction, Institute of Tropical and Marine Meteorology, China Meteorological Administration,
Guangzhou, China
Yongjie Li
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Macau, Macau SAR, China
Mingfu Cai
Department of Atmospheric Science, Sun yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
Yan Ma
Collaborative Innovation Center of Atmospheric Environment and
Equipment Technology, Nanjing University of Information Science and
Technology, Nanjing, China
Chak K. Chan
School of Energy and Environment, City University of Hong Kong SAR, Hong Kong, China
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Comprehensive field measurements were conducted to investigate aerosol compositions, optical properties, source origins, and radiative forcing effects in Guangzhou. Particulate brown carbon (BrC) light absorption was differentiated from that of black carbon. BrC was mostly due to primary emissions, such as straw burning, rather than secondary formation. BrC may cause ∼2.3 W m−2 radiative forcing at the top of the atmosphere and contribute to ∼15.8 % of the aerosol warming effect.
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