The EMEP Intensive Measurement Period campaign, 2008–2009: characterizing carbonaceous aerosol at nine rural sites in Europe

Yttri, Karl Espen; Simpson, David; Bergström, Robert; Kiss, Gyula; Szidat, Sönke; Ceburnis, Darius; Eckhardt, Sabine; Hueglin, Christoph; Nøjgaard, Jacob Klenø; Perrino, Cinzia; Pisso, Ignazio; Prevot, Andre Stephan Henry; Putaud, Jean-Philippe; Spindler, Gerald; Vana, Milan; Zhang, Yan-Lin; Aas, Wenche

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-4211-2019

Articles | Volume 19, issue 7

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-4211-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-4211-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 19, issue 7

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03 Apr 2019

Research article |

| 03 Apr 2019

The EMEP Intensive Measurement Period campaign, 2008–2009: characterizing carbonaceous aerosol at nine rural sites in Europe

Karl Espen Yttri, David Simpson, Robert Bergström, Gyula Kiss, Sönke Szidat, Darius Ceburnis, Sabine Eckhardt, Christoph Hueglin, Jacob Klenø Nøjgaard, Cinzia Perrino, Ignazio Pisso, Andre Stephan Henry Prevot, Jean-Philippe Putaud, Gerald Spindler, Milan Vana, Yan-Lin Zhang, and Wenche Aas

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RC1: 'Review of “The EMEP Intensive Measurement Period campaign, 2008–2009: Characterizing the carbonaceous aerosol at nine rural sites in Europe” by Yttri et al.', Anonymous Referee #1, 06 Dec 2018
RC2: 'Anonymous referee comment', Anonymous Referee #2, 08 Dec 2018
AC1: 'Reply to referee #1 and referee#2', Karl Espen Yttri, 28 Feb 2019

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ED: Publish as is (11 Mar 2019) by James Allan

AR by Karl Espen Yttri on behalf of the Authors (13 Mar 2019) Manuscript

Short summary

Carbonaceous aerosols from natural sources were abundant regardless of season. Residential wood burning (RWB) emissions were occasionally equally as large as or larger than of fossil-fuel sources, depending on season and region. RWB emissions are poorly constrained; thus emissions inventories need improvement. Harmonizing emission factors between countries is likely the most important step to improve model calculations for biomass burning emissions and European PM_2.5 concentrations in general.