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Research article
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19 Aug 2020
Research article |
| 19 Aug 2020
| 19 Aug 2020
The absorption Ångstrom exponent of black carbon with brown coatings: effects of aerosol microphysics and parameterization
Xiaolin Zhang
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Key Laboratory of Meteorological Disaster, Ministry of Education (KLME)/Collaborative Innovation Center on Forecast and Evaluation of Meteorological Disasters (CIC-FEMD)/Joint International Research Laboratory of Climate and Environment Change (ILCEC)/Earth System Modeling Center (ESMC)/Key Laboratory for Aerosol-Cloud-Precipitation of China Meteorological Administration, Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology, Nanjing, 210044, China
School of Atmospheric Physics, Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology, Nanjing, 210044, China
National Satellite Meteorological Center, China Meteorological Administration, Beijing, 100081, China
Mao Mao
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Key Laboratory of Meteorological Disaster, Ministry of Education (KLME)/Collaborative Innovation Center on Forecast and Evaluation of Meteorological Disasters (CIC-FEMD)/Joint International Research Laboratory of Climate and Environment Change (ILCEC)/Earth System Modeling Center (ESMC)/Key Laboratory for Aerosol-Cloud-Precipitation of China Meteorological Administration, Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology, Nanjing, 210044, China
School of Atmospheric Physics, Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology, Nanjing, 210044, China
Key Laboratory of Meteorological Disaster, Ministry of Education (KLME)/Collaborative Innovation Center on Forecast and Evaluation of Meteorological Disasters (CIC-FEMD)/Joint International Research Laboratory of Climate and Environment Change (ILCEC)/Earth System Modeling Center (ESMC)/Key Laboratory for Aerosol-Cloud-Precipitation of China Meteorological Administration, Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology, Nanjing, 210044, China
School of Atmospheric Physics, Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology, Nanjing, 210044, China
Shihao Tang
National Satellite Meteorological Center, China Meteorological Administration, Beijing, 100081, China
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Short summary
The understanding of the absorption Ångstrom exponent (AAE) of aged black carbon (BC) particles affected by their microphysics is numerically evaluated. With key sensitive microphysical parameters, a simple parameterization of the AAE of coated BC with a size distribution is proposed. It is found that BC coated by thin brown carbon with more large particles shows an AAE smaller than pure BC particles. Our findings improve the understanding and application of the AAE of BC with brown coatings.
The understanding of the absorption Ångstrom exponent (AAE) of aged black carbon (BC) particles...
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