Articles | Volume 14, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-14-1379-2021
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the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-14-1379-2021
© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Research article
| 
23 Feb 2021
Research article |
| 23 Feb 2021
| 23 Feb 2021
Comparison of co-located refractory black carbon (rBC) and elemental carbon (EC) mass concentration measurements during field campaigns at several European sites
Rosaria E. Pileci
Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI),
5232 Villigen, Switzerland
Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI),
5232 Villigen, Switzerland
Michele Bertò
Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI),
5232 Villigen, Switzerland
Jinfeng Yuan
Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI),
5232 Villigen, Switzerland
Joel C. Corbin
Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI),
5232 Villigen, Switzerland
now at: Metrology Research Centre, National Research Council
Canada, Ottawa K1A 0R6, Canada
Angela Marinoni
Institute of Atmospheric Science and Climate, Italian National Research Council (CNR-ISAC), via Gobetti 101, 40129 Bologna, Italy
Bas Henzing
Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research (TNO), 3584
Utrecht, the Netherlands
Marcel M. Moerman
Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research (TNO), 3584
Utrecht, the Netherlands
Jean P. Putaud
Joint Research Centre (JRC), European Commission, 21027 Ispra, Italy
Gerald Spindler
Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research (TROPOS), 04318 Leipzig, Germany
Birgit Wehner
Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research (TROPOS), 04318 Leipzig, Germany
Thomas Müller
Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research (TROPOS), 04318 Leipzig, Germany
Thomas Tuch
Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research (TROPOS), 04318 Leipzig, Germany
Arianna Trentini
Regional Agency for Prevention, Environment and Energy,
Emilia–Romagna, 40122, Bologna, Italy
Marco Zanatta
Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine
Research, 27515 Bremerhaven, Germany
Urs Baltensperger
Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI),
5232 Villigen, Switzerland
Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI),
5232 Villigen, Switzerland
Data sets
Data archive for the journal article: "Comparison of co–located rBC and EC mass concentration measurements during field campaigns at several European sites" Rosaria E. Pileci, Robin L. Modini, Michele Bertò, Jinfeng Yuan, Joel C. Corbin, Angela Marinoni, Bas J. Henzing, Marcel M. Moerman, Jean P. Putaud, Gerald Spindler, Birgit Wehner, Thomas Müller, Thomas Tuch, Arianna Trentini, Marco Zanatta, Urs Baltensperger, and Martin Gysel-Beer https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4445557
Short summary
Black carbon (BC), which is an important constituent of atmospheric aerosols, remains difficult to quantify due to various limitations of available methods. This study provides an extensive comparison of co-located field measurements, applying two methods based on different principles. It was shown that both methods indeed quantify the same aerosol property – BC mass concentration. The level of agreement that can be expected was quantified, and some reasons for discrepancy were identified.
Black carbon (BC), which is an important constituent of atmospheric aerosols, remains difficult...
