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Research article
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07 Jan 2019
Research article |
| 07 Jan 2019
| 07 Jan 2019
Modelling black carbon absorption of solar radiation: combining external and internal mixing assumptions
Gabriele Curci
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Department of Physical and Chemical Sciences, University of
L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy
Center of Excellence in Telesening of
Environment and Model Prediction of Severe Events (CETEMPS),
University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila (AQ), Italy
Ummugulsum Alyuz
Eurasia Institute of
Earth Sciences, Istanbul Technical University, 34469 Istanbul, Turkey
Rocio Barò
Department of Physics, University of Murcia, Murcia, 30003, Spain
Roberto Bianconi
Enviroware s.r.l., Concorezzo (MB), 20863, Italy
Johannes Bieser
Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht, Zentrum für Material- und
Küstenforschung GmbH, Geesthacht, 21502, Germany
Jesper H. Christensen
Atmospheric
Modelling Secton (ATMO), Department of Environmental Science, Aarhus
University, Frederiksborgvej 399, 4000 Roskilde, Denmark
Augustin Colette
Atmospheric Modelling and Environmental Mapping Unit, INERIS, BP2,
Verneuil-en-Halatte, 60550, France
Aidan Farrow
Centre for Atmospheric and
Instrumentation Research (CAIR), University of Hertfordshire College Lane,
Hatfield, AL10 9AB, UK
Xavier Francis
Centre for Atmospheric and
Instrumentation Research (CAIR), University of Hertfordshire College Lane,
Hatfield, AL10 9AB, UK
Pedro Jiménez-Guerrero
Department of Physics, University of Murcia, Murcia, 30003, Spain
Atmospheric
Modelling Secton (ATMO), Department of Environmental Science, Aarhus
University, Frederiksborgvej 399, 4000 Roskilde, Denmark
Peng Liu
NRC Research Associate at
Computational Exposure Division, National Exposure Research Laboratory,
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Research Triangle
Park, NC 27711, USA
Astrid Manders
TNO, PO Box 80015, 3508 TA Utrecht, the
Netherlands
Laura Palacios-Peña
Department of Physics, University of Murcia, Murcia, 30003, Spain
Marje Prank
Finnish Meteorological Institute, Atmospheric
Composition Research Unit, Helsinki, 00560, Finland
Cornell
University, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Ithaca, 14853 NY,
USA
Luca Pozzoli
Eurasia Institute of
Earth Sciences, Istanbul Technical University, 34469 Istanbul, Turkey
Cornell
University, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Ithaca, 14853 NY,
USA
Ranjeet Sokhi
Centre for Atmospheric and
Instrumentation Research (CAIR), University of Hertfordshire College Lane,
Hatfield, AL10 9AB, UK
Efisio Solazzo
Joint Research Centre (JRC), European Commission, Ispra (VA),
21027, Italy
Paolo Tuccella
Department of Physical and Chemical Sciences, University of
L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy
Center of Excellence in Telesening of
Environment and Model Prediction of Severe Events (CETEMPS),
University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila (AQ), Italy
Alper Unal
Eurasia Institute of
Earth Sciences, Istanbul Technical University, 34469 Istanbul, Turkey
Marta G. Vivanco
CIEMAT, Madrid, 28040, Spain
Christian Hogrefe
Computational Exposure Division, National Exposure Research
Laboratory, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Research Triangle
Park, NC 27711, USA
Stefano Galmarini
Joint Research Centre (JRC), European Commission, Ispra (VA),
21027, Italy
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Atmospheric carbonaceous aerosols are able to absorb solar radiation and they continue to contribute some of the largest uncertainties in projected climate change. One important detail is how the chemical species are arranged inside each particle, i.e. the knowledge of their mixing state. We use an ensemble of regional model simulations to test different mixing state assumptions and found that a combination of internal and external mixing may better reproduce sunphotometer observations.
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