Articles | Volume 14, issue 6
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-14-4053-2021
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-14-4053-2021
Research article
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03 Jun 2021
Research article |  | 03 Jun 2021

Highly time-resolved characterization of carbonaceous aerosols using a two-wavelength Sunset thermal–optical carbon analyzer

Mengying Bao, Yan-Lin Zhang, Fang Cao, Yu-Chi Lin, Yuhang Wang, Xiaoyan Liu, Wenqi Zhang, Meiyi Fan, Feng Xie, Robert Cary, Joshua Dixon, and Lihua Zhou

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ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (29 Mar 2021) by Willy Maenhaut
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Short summary
We introduce a two-wavelength method for brown C measurements with a modified Sunset carbon analyzer. We defined the enhanced concentrations and gave the possibility of providing an indicator of brown C. Compared with the strong local sources of organic and elemental C, we found that differences in EC mainly originated from regional transport. Biomass burning emissions significantly contributed to high differences in EC concentrations during the heavy biomass burning periods.