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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-14-6723-2021
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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-14-6723-2021
© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Research article
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20 Oct 2021
Research article |
| 20 Oct 2021
| 20 Oct 2021
Estimates of mass absorption cross sections of black carbon for filter-based absorption photometers in the Arctic
Institute for Space–Earth Environmental Research, Nagoya University,
Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
Institute for Advanced Research, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Aichi,
Japan
Tatsuhiro Mori
Department of Earth and Planetary Science, Graduate School of Science,
The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Department of Physics, Faculty of Science Division I, Tokyo University
of Science, Tokyo, Japan
Yutaka Kondo
National Institute of Polar Research, Tachikawa, Tokyo, Japan
Sangeeta Sharma
Climate Chemistry Measurements Research, Climate Research Division, Environment and Climate Change Canada, 4905 Dufferin Street, Toronto, Canada
Antti Hyvärinen
Atmospheric Composition Research Unit, Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland
Elisabeth Andrews
Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES),
University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA
NOAA Global Monitoring Laboratory, 325 Broadway, Boulder, CO, USA
Peter Tunved
Department of Environmental Science, Stockholm University, Stockholm,
Sweden
Bolin Centre for Climate Research, Stockholm University, Stockholm,
Sweden
Eija Asmi
Atmospheric Composition Research Unit, Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland
John Backman
Atmospheric Composition Research Unit, Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland
Henri Servomaa
Atmospheric Composition Research Unit, Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland
Daniel Veber
Climate Chemistry Measurements Research, Climate Research Division, Environment and Climate Change Canada, 4905 Dufferin Street, Toronto, Canada
Konstantinos Eleftheriadis
Environmental Radioactivity Laboratory (ERL), Institute of Nuclear
and Radiological Science & Technology, Energy & Safety, National
Centre for Scientific Research “Demokritos”, 15310 Attiki, Greece
Stergios Vratolis
Environmental Radioactivity Laboratory (ERL), Institute of Nuclear
and Radiological Science & Technology, Energy & Safety, National
Centre for Scientific Research “Demokritos”, 15310 Attiki, Greece
Radovan Krejci
Department of Environmental Science, Stockholm University, Stockholm,
Sweden
Bolin Centre for Climate Research, Stockholm University, Stockholm,
Sweden
Paul Zieger
Department of Environmental Science, Stockholm University, Stockholm,
Sweden
Bolin Centre for Climate Research, Stockholm University, Stockholm,
Sweden
Makoto Koike
Department of Earth and Planetary Science, Graduate School of Science,
The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Yugo Kanaya
Research Institute for Global Change (RIGC), Japan Agency for
Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC), Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
Graduate School of Maritime Sciences, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan
Atsushi Yoshida
National Institute of Polar Research, Tachikawa, Tokyo, Japan
Nobuhiro Moteki
Department of Earth and Planetary Science, Graduate School of Science,
The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Yongjing Zhao
Air Quality Research Center, University of California, Davis, CA, USA
Yutaka Tobo
National Institute of Polar Research, Tachikawa, Tokyo, Japan
Department of Polar Science, School of Multidisciplinary Sciences,
The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, SOKENDAI, Tachikawa, Tokyo,
Japan
Junji Matsushita
National Institute of Polar Research, Tachikawa, Tokyo, Japan
Naga Oshima
Department of Atmosphere, Ocean, and Earth System Modeling Research, Meteorological Research Institute, Tsukuba, Japan
Data sets
Black carbon mass concentrations and aerosol light absorption coefficents measured at Arctic sites S. Ohata, T. Mori, Y. Kondo, S. Sharma, A. Hyvarinen, E. Andrews, P. Tunved, E. Asmi, J. Backman, H. Servomaa, D. Veber, K. Eleftheriadis, S. Vratolis, R. Krejci, P. Zieger, M. Koike, Y. Kanaya, A. Yoshida, N. Moteki, Y. Zhao, Y. Tobo, J. Matsushita, and N. Oshima https://ads.nipr.ac.jp/dataset/A20201120-001
Short summary
Reliable values of mass absorption cross sections (MACs) of black carbon (BC) are required to determine mass concentrations of BC at Arctic sites using different types of filter-based absorption photometers. We successfully estimated MAC values for these instruments through comparison with independent measurements of BC by a continuous soot monitoring system called COSMOS. These MAC values are consistent with each other and applicable to study spatial and temporal variation in BC in the Arctic.
Reliable values of mass absorption cross sections (MACs) of black carbon (BC) are required to...
