Articles | Volume 21, issue 12
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-9417-2021
© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-9417-2021
© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Rapid transformation of ambient absorbing aerosols from West African biomass burning
Huihui Wu
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
Jonathan W. Taylor
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
Justin M. Langridge
Met Office, Fitzroy Road, Exeter, EX1 3PB, UK
Chenjie Yu
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
James D. Allan
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
National Centre for Atmospheric Science, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
Kate Szpek
Met Office, Fitzroy Road, Exeter, EX1 3PB, UK
Michael I. Cotterell
College of Engineering, Mathematics and Physical Sciences, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK
now at: School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
Paul I. Williams
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
National Centre for Atmospheric Science, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
Michael Flynn
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
Patrick Barker
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
Cathryn Fox
Met Office, Fitzroy Road, Exeter, EX1 3PB, UK
Grant Allen
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
James Lee
Wolfson Atmospheric Chemistry Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of York, York YO10 5DD, UK
National Centre for Atmospheric Sciences, University of York, York YO10 5DD, UK
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
Data sets
MOYA: ground station and in-situ airborne observations by the FAAM BAE-146 aircraft Facility for Airborne Atmospheric Measurements http://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/d309a5ab60b04b6c82eca6d006350ae6
Short summary
Seasonal biomass burning over West Africa is a globally significant source of carbonaceous particles in the atmosphere, which have important climate impacts but are poorly constrained. We conducted in situ airborne measurements to investigate the evolution of smoke aerosol properties in this region. We observed absorption enhancement for both black carbon and brown carbon after emission, which provides new field results and constraints on aerosol parameterizations for future climate models.
Seasonal biomass burning over West Africa is a globally significant source of carbonaceous...
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