Using an explicit emission tagging method in global modeling of source-receptor relationships for black carbon in the Arctic: Variations, sources, and transport pathways

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 119, Issue 22, 2014, Pages 12,888-12,909

  Wang, Hailong ^a   Rasch, Philip J ^a   Easter, Richard C ^a   Singh, Balwinder ^a   Zhang, Rudong ^a,b   Ma, Po Lun ^a   Qian, Yun ^a   Ghan, Steven J ^a   Beagley, Nathaniel ^c  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arctic; black carbon; CAM5 model; radiative forcing; seasonal variations; source attribution

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BLACK CARBON; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); MARINE ATMOSPHERE; REGIONAL PATTERN; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ARCTIC OCEAN; ASIA;

EID: 84918543991     PISSN: 2169897X     EISSN: 21698996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014JD022297     Document Type: Article

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