Fossil fuel combustion and biomass burning sources of global black carbon from GEOS-Chem simulation and carbon isotope measurements

L Qi, S Wang - Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 2019 - acp.copernicus.org
We identify sources (fossil fuel combustion versus biomass burning) of black carbon (BC) in
the atmosphere and in deposition using a global 3-D chemical transport model GEOS …

Sources of black carbon in the atmosphere and in snow in the Arctic

L Qi, S Wang - Science of The Total Environment, 2019 - Elsevier
We systematically identify sources of black carbon (BC) in the Arctic, including BC in the
troposphere, at surface and in snow, using tagged tracer technique implemented in a 3D …

Temporal variations in black carbon recorded on Rishiri Island, northern Japan

C Zhu, H Yoshikawa-Inoue, Y Tohjima… - Geochemical Journal, 2015 - jstage.jst.go.jp
Black carbon (BC) has an important role in the climate system (Bond et al., 2013). It is
reported as being the second-largest atmospheric component contributing to current global …

Black carbon in a continental semi‐arid area of Northeast China and its possible sources of fire emission

T Cheng, Z Han, R Zhang, H Du, X Jia… - Journal of …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Surface continuous measurements on black carbon (BC) were performed at Tongyu (44.42°
N, 122.87° E) from March to December 2008. Tongyu is an international reference site of …

Isotope constraints of the strong influence of biomass burning to climate-forcing Black Carbon aerosols over Southeast Asia

J Liu, A Andersson, G Zhong, X Geng, P Ding… - Science of the Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
Black Carbon (BC) deteriorates air quality and contributes to climate warming, yet its
regionally-and seasonally-varying emission sources are poorly constrained. Here we …

Seasonal variations of black carbon observed at the remote mountain site Happo in Japan

X Liu, Y Kondo, K Ram, H Matsui… - Journal of …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
The emission of black carbon (BC) from East Asia and its long‐range transport strongly
influence the mass concentration of BC (MBC) over the western Pacific. However, reliable …

Sources of atmospheric black carbon and related carbonaceous components at Rishiri Island, Japan: The roles of Siberian wildfires and of crop residue burning in …

C Zhu, Y Kanaya, H Yoshikawa-Inoue, T Irino… - Environmental …, 2019 - Elsevier
A field study was conducted to clarify sources of atmospheric black carbon and related
carbonaceous components at Rishiri Island, Japan. We quantified equivalent black carbon …

Biomass burning contribution to black carbon in the Western United States Mountain Ranges

YH Mao, QB Li, L Zhang, Y Chen… - Atmospheric …, 2011 - acp.copernicus.org
Forest fires are an important source to carbonaceous aerosols in the Western United States
(WUS). We quantify the relative contribution of biomass burning to black carbon (BC) in the …

Top-down estimates of biomass burning emissions of black carbon in the Western United States

YH Mao, QB Li, D Chen, L Zhang… - Atmospheric …, 2014 - acp.copernicus.org
We estimate biomass burning and anthropogenic emissions of black carbon (BC) in the
western US for May–October 2006 by inverting surface BC concentrations from the …

Estimates of black carbon emissions in the western United States using the GEOS-Chem adjoint model

YH Mao, QB Li, DK Henze, Z Jiang… - Atmospheric …, 2015 - acp.copernicus.org
We estimate black carbon (BC) emissions in the western United States for July–September
2006 by inverting surface BC concentrations from the Interagency Monitoring of Protected …