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Radiative absorption enhancements by black carbon controlled by particle-to-particle heterogeneity in composition
Black carbon (BC) absorbs solar radiation, leading to a strong but uncertain warming effect on climate. A key challenge in modeling and quantifying BC’s radiative effect on climate is predicting enhancements in light absorption that result from internal mixing between BC and other aerosol components...
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National Academy of Sciences
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7071900/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32098848 http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1919723117 |
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author | Fierce, Laura Onasch, Timothy B. Cappa, Christopher D. Mazzoleni, Claudio China, Swarup Bhandari, Janarjan Davidovits, Paul Fischer, D. Al Helgestad, Taylor Lambe, Andrew T. Sedlacek, Arthur J. Smith, Geoffrey D. Wolff, Lindsay |
author_facet | Fierce, Laura Onasch, Timothy B. Cappa, Christopher D. Mazzoleni, Claudio China, Swarup Bhandari, Janarjan Davidovits, Paul Fischer, D. Al Helgestad, Taylor Lambe, Andrew T. Sedlacek, Arthur J. Smith, Geoffrey D. Wolff, Lindsay |
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description | Black carbon (BC) absorbs solar radiation, leading to a strong but uncertain warming effect on climate. A key challenge in modeling and quantifying BC’s radiative effect on climate is predicting enhancements in light absorption that result from internal mixing between BC and other aerosol components. Modeling and laboratory studies show that BC, when mixed with other aerosol components, absorbs more strongly than pure, uncoated BC; however, some ambient observations suggest more variable and weaker absorption enhancement. We show that the lower-than-expected enhancements in ambient measurements result from a combination of two factors. First, the often used spherical, concentric core-shell approximation generally overestimates the absorption by BC. Second, and more importantly, inadequate consideration of heterogeneity in particle-to-particle composition engenders substantial overestimation in absorption by the total particle population, with greater heterogeneity associated with larger model–measurement differences. We show that accounting for these two effects—variability in per-particle composition and deviations from the core-shell approximation—reconciles absorption enhancement predictions with laboratory and field observations and resolves the apparent discrepancy. Furthermore, our consistent model framework provides a path forward for improving predictions of BC’s radiative effect on climate. |
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spelling | pubmed-70719002020-03-22 Radiative absorption enhancements by black carbon controlled by particle-to-particle heterogeneity in composition Fierce, Laura Onasch, Timothy B. Cappa, Christopher D. Mazzoleni, Claudio China, Swarup Bhandari, Janarjan Davidovits, Paul Fischer, D. Al Helgestad, Taylor Lambe, Andrew T. Sedlacek, Arthur J. Smith, Geoffrey D. Wolff, Lindsay Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A Physical Sciences Black carbon (BC) absorbs solar radiation, leading to a strong but uncertain warming effect on climate. A key challenge in modeling and quantifying BC’s radiative effect on climate is predicting enhancements in light absorption that result from internal mixing between BC and other aerosol components. Modeling and laboratory studies show that BC, when mixed with other aerosol components, absorbs more strongly than pure, uncoated BC; however, some ambient observations suggest more variable and weaker absorption enhancement. We show that the lower-than-expected enhancements in ambient measurements result from a combination of two factors. First, the often used spherical, concentric core-shell approximation generally overestimates the absorption by BC. Second, and more importantly, inadequate consideration of heterogeneity in particle-to-particle composition engenders substantial overestimation in absorption by the total particle population, with greater heterogeneity associated with larger model–measurement differences. We show that accounting for these two effects—variability in per-particle composition and deviations from the core-shell approximation—reconciles absorption enhancement predictions with laboratory and field observations and resolves the apparent discrepancy. Furthermore, our consistent model framework provides a path forward for improving predictions of BC’s radiative effect on climate. National Academy of Sciences 2020-03-10 2020-02-25 /pmc/articles/PMC7071900/ /pubmed/32098848 http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1919723117 Text en Copyright © 2020 the Author(s). Published by PNAS. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This open access article is distributed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives License 4.0 (CC BY-NC-ND) (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) . |
spellingShingle | Physical Sciences Fierce, Laura Onasch, Timothy B. Cappa, Christopher D. Mazzoleni, Claudio China, Swarup Bhandari, Janarjan Davidovits, Paul Fischer, D. Al Helgestad, Taylor Lambe, Andrew T. Sedlacek, Arthur J. Smith, Geoffrey D. Wolff, Lindsay Radiative absorption enhancements by black carbon controlled by particle-to-particle heterogeneity in composition |
title | Radiative absorption enhancements by black carbon controlled by particle-to-particle heterogeneity in composition |
title_full | Radiative absorption enhancements by black carbon controlled by particle-to-particle heterogeneity in composition |
title_fullStr | Radiative absorption enhancements by black carbon controlled by particle-to-particle heterogeneity in composition |
title_full_unstemmed | Radiative absorption enhancements by black carbon controlled by particle-to-particle heterogeneity in composition |
title_short | Radiative absorption enhancements by black carbon controlled by particle-to-particle heterogeneity in composition |
title_sort | radiative absorption enhancements by black carbon controlled by particle-to-particle heterogeneity in composition |
topic | Physical Sciences |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7071900/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32098848 http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1919723117 |
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