Inter-comparison of elemental and organic carbon mass measurements from three North American national long-term monitoring networks at a co-located site

Chan, Tak W.; Huang, Lin; Banwait, Kulbir; Zhang, Wendy; Ernst, Darrell; Wang, Xiaoliang; Watson, John G.; Chow, Judith C.; Green, Mark; Czimczik, Claudia I.; Santos, Guaciara M.; Sharma, Sangeeta; Jones, Keith

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-12-4543-2019

Articles | Volume 12, issue 8

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-12-4543-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-12-4543-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 12, issue 8

Research article

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26 Aug 2019

Research article |

| 26 Aug 2019

Inter-comparison of elemental and organic carbon mass measurements from three North American national long-term monitoring networks at a co-located site

Tak W. Chan, Lin Huang, Kulbir Banwait, Wendy Zhang, Darrell Ernst, Xiaoliang Wang, John G. Watson, Judith C. Chow, Mark Green, Claudia I. Czimczik, Guaciara M. Santos, Sangeeta Sharma, and Keith Jones

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RC1: 'Referee Comment', Anonymous Referee #2, 14 May 2019
- AC1: 'Responses to Referee #1', Tak Chan, 18 Jul 2019
RC2: 'Review of “Inter-comparison of the elemental and organic carbon mass measurements from three North American national long-term monitoring networks” by Chan et al.', Anonymous Referee #1, 16 May 2019
- AC2: 'Responses to Referee #2', Tak Chan, 18 Jul 2019

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ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (19 Jul 2019) by Pierre Herckes

RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (25 Jul 2019)

ED: Publish as is (26 Jul 2019) by Pierre Herckes

Short summary

This study compared 10 years of carbonaceous aerosol measurements collected at Egbert by three North American long-term monitoring networks. The study evaluated how differences in sample collection and analysis affected the concentrations of total carbon (TC), organic carbon (OC), and elemental carbon (EC). Various carbonaceous fractions measured by the three networks were consistent and comparable over the period. Elevated OC and EC were observed when ambient temperature exceeded 10 °C.