Articles | Volume 23, issue 8
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-23-4775-2023
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-23-4775-2023
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24 Apr 2023
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An attribution of the low single-scattering albedo of biomass burning aerosol over the southeastern Atlantic

Amie Dobracki, Paquita Zuidema, Steven G. Howell, Pablo Saide, Steffen Freitag, Allison C. Aiken, Sharon P. Burton, Arthur J. Sedlacek III, Jens Redemann, and Robert Wood

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Southern Africa produces approximately one-third of the world’s carbon from fires. The thick smoke layer can flow westward, interacting with the southeastern Atlantic cloud deck. The net radiative impact can alter regional circulation patterns, impacting rainfall over Africa. We find that the smoke is highly absorbing of sunlight, mostly because it contains more black carbon than smoke over the Northern Hemisphere.
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