Strong influence of black carbon on aerosol optical properties in central Amazonia during the fire season

Stern, Rafael; de Brito, Joel F.; Carbone, Samara; Varanda Rizzo, Luciana; Muller, Jonathan Daniel; Artaxo, Paulo

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-25-9451-2025

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28 Aug 2025

Research article |

| 28 Aug 2025

Strong influence of black carbon on aerosol optical properties in central Amazonia during the fire season

Rafael Stern, Joel F. de Brito, Samara Carbone, Luciana Varanda Rizzo, Jonathan Daniel Muller, and Paulo Artaxo

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Dataset and codes for article: "Strong influence of Black Carbon on aerosol optical properties in Central Amazonia during the fire season" published at ACP Rafael Stern https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15345166

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Dataset and codes for article: "Strong influence of Black Carbon on aerosol optical properties in Central Amazonia during the fire season" published at ACP Rafael Stern https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15345166

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Our work reveals the impact of forest fires on climate. We found that fire-related particles not only absorb sunlight and warm the atmosphere, but also scatter light, which cools it. At our remote Amazonia site, most particles had different chemical makeups than direct fire emissions and were the main drivers of how much sunlight was blocked or redirected.