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GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS
卷 41, 期 6, 页码 2191-2195出版社
AMER GEOPHYSICAL UNION
DOI: 10.1002/2013GL058976
关键词
brown carbon; aerosol light absorption; direct radiative forcing
资金
- GIT NASA [NNX12AB83G, NNX08AH80G]
- EPA STAR [R83503901]
- UNH NASA [NNX12AB80G]
- NASA [NNX08AH80G, NNX12AB80G, NNX12AB83G, 30958, 30955, 101256] Funding Source: Federal RePORTER
Little is known about the optical significance of light absorbing particulate organic compounds (i.e., brown carbon, BrC), including the importance relative to black carbon (BC) and influence on direct radiative forcing by aerosols. The vertical profile of BrC affects its radiative forcing, yet the distribution of BrC in the free troposphere is largely unknown. In this study, BrC absorption was directly measured in solvent extracts of particulate filters obtained from aircraft sampling over the continental USA. Excluding biomass burning plumes, BrC was observed throughout the tropospheric column (<13km), and its prevalence increased relative to BC with increasing altitude, indicating contributions from secondary sources. Closure analysis showed good agreement between light absorption from BC plus BrC relative to measured total aerosol absorption. A radiative transfer model indicated that BrC absorption reduced top of atmosphere aerosol forcing by similar to 20%, suggesting that it is an important component of direct aerosol radiative forcing. Key Points BrC is prevalent in the troposphere and increases relative to BC with altitude Optical closure is obtained between BrC plus BC and total absorption at 365nm BrC contributes 20% to top of atmosphere absorbing aerosol forcing
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