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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-8229-2019
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-8229-2019
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25 Jun 2019
Research article |  | 25 Jun 2019

Simulations of black carbon over the Indian region: improvements and implications of diurnality in emissions

Gaurav Govardhan, Sreedharan Krishnakumari Satheesh, Krishnaswamy Krishna Moorthy, and Ravi Nanjundiah

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We show substantial improvements in the near-surface BC mass concentrations simulated by a regional chemistry transport model, WRF-Chem, over the Indian region, upon scaling up the CMIP5 equivalent anthropogenic BC emissions by 3 and introducing a diurnal variation to those. The diurnality in emissions alone significantly controls the simulated near-surface BC mass concentration, with a mean delay of 3–4 h. The simulated AOD, however, is still underestimated.
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