Microphysical properties of atmospheric soot and organic particles: measurements, modeling, and impacts

W Li, N Riemer, L Xu, Y Wang, K Adachi, Z Shi… - npj Climate and …, 2024 - nature.com
Atmospheric soot and organic particles from fossil fuel combustion and biomass burning
modify Earth's climate through their interactions with solar radiation and through …

The Measurement of Atmospheric Black Carbon: A Review

Z Zhang, Y Cheng, L Liang, J Liu - Toxics, 2023 - mdpi.com
Black Carbon (BC), the second-largest contributor to global warming, has detrimental effects
on human health and the environment. However, the accurate quantification of BC poses a …

Microphysical complexity of black carbon particles restricts their warming potential

XF Huang, Y Peng, J Wei, J Peng, XY Lin, MX Tang… - One Earth, 2024 - cell.com
Black carbon (BC) strongly absorbs solar radiation, but its warming effect on climate is
poorly quantified. A key challenge is to accurately assess BC light absorption after BC is …

Structural Collapse and Coating Composition Changes of Soot Particles During Long‐Range Transport

J Zhang, W Li, Y Wang, X Teng, Y Zhang… - Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Soot particles play an important role in warming the atmosphere, but their optical absorption
is highly uncertain due to their variable morphology and mixing states. Compared to short …

Quantifying evolution of soot mixing state from transboundary transport of biomass burning emissions

X Chen, C Ye, Y Wang, Z Wu, T Zhu, F Zhang, X Ding… - Iscience, 2023 - cell.com
Incomplete combustion of fossil fuels and biomass burning emit large amounts of soot
particles into the troposphere. The condensation process is considered to influence the size …

Extremely low-volatility organic coating leads to underestimation of black carbon climate impact

Y Zhang, H Su, S Kecorius, N Ma, Z Wang, Y Sun… - One Earth, 2023 - cell.com
Black carbon (BC) aerosols play an important role in climate systems. Estimating BC's
radiative effect requires knowledge of its mixing state and light absorption enhancement …

Overestimation of black carbon light absorption due to mixing state heterogeneity

L Zeng, T Tan, G Zhao, Z Du, S Hu, D Shang… - npj Climate and …, 2024 - nature.com
Black carbon (BC) aerosols, which arise from incomplete combustion processes, possess
the capacity to absorb solar radiation, thereby contributing significantly to the issue of …

Identifying the fraction of core–shell black carbon particles in a complex mixture to constrain the absorption enhancement by coatings

K Hu, D Liu, P Tian, Y Wu, S Li, D Zhao… - … & Technology Letters, 2022 - ACS Publications
The coatings mixing with the refractory black carbon (rBC) may enhance its light absorption
(E abs). Uncertainty largely arises from to what extent the coatings can envelope the rBC, in …

Key drivers to heterogeneity evolution of black carbon-containing particles in real atmosphere

Y Peng, LM Cao, J Wei, Y Cheng, K Yu, K Du… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
The evolution of black carbon (BC) particles during atmospheric aging led to the complexity
of their environmental and climate effect assessment. This study simultaneously measured …

Improving BC mixing state and CCN activity representation with machine learning in the Community Atmosphere Model Version 6 (CAM6)

W Shen, M Wang, N Riemer, Z Zheng… - Journal of Advances …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Representing mixing state of black carbon (BC) is challenging for global climate models
(GCMs). The Community Atmosphere Model version 6 (CAM6) with the four‐mode version of …