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23 Oct 2019
Research article |
| 23 Oct 2019
| 23 Oct 2019
Black carbon physical and optical properties across northern India during pre-monsoon and monsoon seasons
James Brooks
Centre for Atmospheric Science, School of Earth and Environmental
Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
Dantong Liu
Department of Atmospheric Sciences, School of Earth Sciences,
Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
James D. Allan
Centre for Atmospheric Science, School of Earth and Environmental
Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
National Centre for Atmospheric Science, Manchester, UK
Paul I. Williams
Centre for Atmospheric Science, School of Earth and Environmental
Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
National Centre for Atmospheric Science, Manchester, UK
Jim Haywood
Observation Based Research, Met Office, Exeter, UK
College of Engineering, Mathematics & Physical Sciences, Exeter,
UK
Ellie J. Highwood
Department of Meteorology, University of Reading, Reading, UK
Sobhan K. Kompalli
Space Physics Laboratory, Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre,
Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India
S. Suresh Babu
Space Physics Laboratory, Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre,
Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India
Sreedharan K. Satheesh
Centre for Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences, Indian Institute of
Science, Bengaluru, India
Andrew G. Turner
National Centre for Atmospheric Science, Manchester, UK
Department of Meteorology, University of Reading, Reading, UK
Centre for Atmospheric Science, School of Earth and Environmental
Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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Our study presents an analysis of the vertical and horizontal black carbon properties across northern India using aircraft measurements. The Indo-Gangetic Plain saw the greatest black carbon mass concentrations during the pre-monsoon season. Two black carbon modes were recorded: a small black carbon mode (traffic emissions) in the north-west and a moderately coated mode (solid-fuel emissions) in the Indo-Gangetic Plain. In the vertical profile, absorption properties increase with height.
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