Black carbon aerosol plays a unique and important role in Earth's climate system. Black
carbon is a type of carbonaceous material with a unique combination of physical properties …

We investigate the climate response to increased concentrations of black carbon (BC), as
part of the Precipitation Driver Response Model Intercomparison Project (PDRMIP). A …

Black carbon (BC) contributes to global warming by absorbing sunlight. However, the size of
this contribution, namely, the direct radiative forcing (RF), ranges from+ 0.1 to+ 1.0 W m− 2 …

A global inventory has been constructed for emissions of black carbon from fossil fuel
combustion and biomass burning. This inventory has been implemented in a three …

Although black carbon (BC) is one of the key atmospheric particulate components driving
climate change and air quality, there is no agreement on the terminology that considers all …

Our understanding of the global black carbon (BC) cycle is essentially qualitative due to
uncertainties in our knowledge of its properties. This work investigates two source of …

Black carbon aerosols absorb solar radiation and decrease planetary albedo, and thus can
contribute to climate warming. In this paper, the dependence of equilibrium climate response …

Field measurements and model results have recently shown that aerosols may have
important climatic impacts. One line of inquiry has investigated whether reducing climate …

We have used the Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique General Circulation Model
(LMD GCM) to estimate the contribution of different regions to global black carbon (BC) …

As part of the Atmospheric Chemistry and Climate Model Intercomparison Project (ACCMIP),
we evaluate the historical black carbon (BC) aerosols simulated by 8 ACCMIP models …