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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-8-3959-2015
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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-8-3959-2015
© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Research article
| 
29 Sep 2015
Research article |
| 29 Sep 2015
Characterizing black carbon in rain and ice cores using coupled tangential flow filtration and transmission electron microscopy
A. Ellis
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Physics and Astronomy, Curtin University, Perth, WA, Australia
R. Edwards
Physics and Astronomy, Curtin University, Perth, WA, Australia
M. Saunders
Centre for Microscopy, Characterisation, and Analysis, The University of Western Australia, Perth, WA, Australia
R. K. Chakrabarty
Department of Energy, Environmental & Chemical Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA
R. Subramanian
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
A. van Riessen
Physics and Astronomy, Curtin University, Perth, WA, Australia
A. M. Smith
Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation, Sydney, NSW, Australia
D. Lambrinidis
Research Institute for the Environment and Livelihoods, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, NT, Australia
L. J. Nunes
Physics and Astronomy, Curtin University, Perth, WA, Australia
P. Vallelonga
Centre for Ice and Climate, Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
I. D. Goodwin
Marine Climate Risk Group, Department of Environmental Sciences, Macquarie University, NSW, Australia
A. D. Moy
Australian Antarctic Division, Channel Highway, Kingston, TAS, Australia
Antarctic Climate and Ecosystems Cooperative Research Centre, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS, Australia
M. A. J. Curran
Australian Antarctic Division, Channel Highway, Kingston, TAS, Australia
Antarctic Climate and Ecosystems Cooperative Research Centre, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS, Australia
T. D. van Ommen
Australian Antarctic Division, Channel Highway, Kingston, TAS, Australia
Antarctic Climate and Ecosystems Cooperative Research Centre, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS, Australia
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Short summary
Black carbon is an important environmental pollutant, and the structure and composition of these particles are important to measuring their affect on the climate. Historical records of black carbon emissions are stored in polar ice. This paper details a new method to study black carbon preserved in Antarctic ice cores. By combining filtration to concentrate the particles and electron microscopy to characterize them, this method opens up a new avenue to study the history of our atmosphere.
Black carbon is an important environmental pollutant, and the structure and composition of these...
