Measurement report: Strong light absorption induced by aged biomass burning black carbon over the southeastern Tibetan Plateau in pre-monsoon season

Tan, Tianyi; Hu, Min; Du, Zhuofei; Zhao, Gang; Shang, Dongjie; Zheng, Jing; Qin, Yanhong; Li, Mengren; Wu, Yusheng; Zeng, Limin; Guo, Song; Wu, Zhijun

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-8499-2021

Articles | Volume 21, issue 11

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-8499-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-8499-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 21, issue 11

Measurement report

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07 Jun 2021

Measurement report |

| 07 Jun 2021

Measurement report: Strong light absorption induced by aged biomass burning black carbon over the southeastern Tibetan Plateau in pre-monsoon season

Tianyi Tan, Min Hu, Zhuofei Du, Gang Zhao, Dongjie Shang, Jing Zheng, Yanhong Qin, Mengren Li, Yusheng Wu, Limin Zeng, Song Guo, and Zhijun Wu

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RC1: 'Reviewer1', Anonymous Referee #1, 28 Dec 2020
- AC1: 'Reply on RC1', Min Hu, 09 Mar 2021
RC2: 'general comment', Anonymous Referee #2, 04 Jan 2021
- AC2: 'Reply on RC2', Min Hu, 09 Mar 2021

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

AR by Min Hu on behalf of the Authors (09 Mar 2021) Author's response Author's tracked changes Manuscript

ED: Reconsider after major revisions (23 Mar 2021) by Alex Huffman

AR by Min Hu on behalf of the Authors (06 Apr 2021) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (20 Apr 2021) by Alex Huffman

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Every year in the pre-monsoon season, the black carbon (BC) aerosols originated from biomass burning in southern Asia are easily transported to the Tibetan Plateau (TP) by the convenience of westerly wind. This study reveals that the BC aerosols in the aged biomass burning plumes strongly enhance the total light absorption over the TP, and the aging process during the long-range transport will further strengthen the radiative heating of those BC aerosols.