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Articles | Volume 19, issue 3
Articles | Volume 19, issue 3
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-2063-2019
© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-2063-2019
© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 19, issue 3
Research article
 | 
14 Feb 2019
Research article |  | 14 Feb 2019

Seasonal and diurnal variability in O3, black carbon, and CO measured at the Rwanda Climate Observatory

H. Langley DeWitt, Jimmy Gasore, Maheswar Rupakheti, Katherine E. Potter, Ronald G. Prinn, Jean de Dieu Ndikubwimana, Julius Nkusi, and Bonfils Safari

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The ALE / GAGE AGAGE Network, Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center (CDIAC) R. G. Prinn, R. F. Weiss, P. B. Krummel, S. O'Doherty, P. J. Fraser, J. Muhle, S. Reimann, M. K. Vollmer, P. G. Simmonds, M. Maione, J. Arduini, C.R. Lunder, N. Schmidbauer, D. Young, H. J. Wang, J. Huang, M. Rigby, C. M. Harth, P. K. Salameh, T. G. Spain, L. P. Steele, T. Arnold, J. Kim, O. Hermansen, N. Derek, B. Mitrevski, and R. Langenfelds https://doi.org/10.3334/CDIAC/atg.db1001

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Air quality in rapidly developing East Africa is a growing but understudied concern. We analyzed long-term black carbon, carbon monoxide, and ozone measurements from the remote Rwanda Climate Observatory and found that seasonal regional biomass burning raised black carbon levels to above-urban concentrations 6 months out of the year. Additional local pollution could exacerbate this issue. More regional monitoring needs to be done to understand and reduce air pollution in this region.
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