Spatiotemporal variation and trends in equivalent black carbon in the Helsinki metropolitan area in Finland

Luoma, Krista; Niemi, Jarkko V.; Aurela, Minna; Fung, Pak Lun; Helin, Aku; Hussein, Tareq; Kangas, Leena; Kousa, Anu; Rönkkö, Topi; Timonen, Hilkka; Virkkula, Aki; Petäjä, Tuukka

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-1173-2021

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-1173-2021

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28 Jan 2021

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| 28 Jan 2021

Spatiotemporal variation and trends in equivalent black carbon in the Helsinki metropolitan area in Finland

Krista Luoma, Jarkko V. Niemi, Minna Aurela, Pak Lun Fung, Aku Helin, Tareq Hussein, Leena Kangas, Anu Kousa, Topi Rönkkö, Hilkka Timonen, Aki Virkkula, and Tuukka Petäjä

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AC1: 'Response to referees', Krista Luoma, 05 Oct 2020

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AR by Krista Luoma on behalf of the Authors (07 Oct 2020) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (25 Oct 2020) by Willy Maenhaut

The authors have reasonably well addressed the comments of the two anonymous referees and they have modified their manuscript accordingly. However, numerous corrections and alterations are needed for the Main text and Supplement before the manuscript can be published in ACP.

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This study combined black carbon measurements from 15 Finnish sites that represented different environments (traffic, detached housing area, urban background, and regional background). The seasonal and diurnal variations in the black carbon concentration were associated with local emissions from traffic and residential wood burning. The study observed decreasing trends in the black carbon concentration and associated them with decreases in traffic emissions.