The Measurement of Atmospheric Black Carbon: A Review

Z Zhang, Y Cheng, L Liang, J Liu - Toxics, 2023 - mdpi.com
Black Carbon (BC), the second-largest contributor to global warming, has detrimental effects
on human health and the environment. However, the accurate quantification of BC poses a …

Characteristics of atmospheric black carbon and other aerosol particles over the Arctic Ocean in early autumn 2016: Influence from biomass burning as assessed with …

F Taketani, T Miyakawa, M Takigawa… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
We conducted ship-based measurements of marine aerosol particles (number
concentration, size distribution, black carbon (BC), autofluorescence property, and PM 2.5 …

Inter-comparison of black carbon measurement methods for simulated open biomass burning emissions

H Li, KD Lamb, JP Schwarz, V Selimovic… - Atmospheric …, 2019 - Elsevier
Biomass burning (BB) is a major source of black carbon (BC), but comparing BC content of
different smoke-impacted air masses may be uncertain if different measurement techniques …

[HTML][HTML] Comparison of co-located refractory black carbon (rBC) and elemental carbon (EC) mass concentration measurements during field campaigns at several …

RE Pileci, RL Modini, M Berto, J Yuan… - Atmospheric …, 2021 - amt.copernicus.org
The mass concentration of black carbon (BC) particles in the atmosphere has traditionally
been quantified with two methods: as elemental carbon (EC) concentrations measured by …

[HTML][HTML] Regional variability in black carbon and carbon monoxide ratio from long-term observations over East Asia: assessment of representativeness for black …

Y Choi, Y Kanaya, SM Park, A Matsuki… - Atmospheric …, 2020 - acp.copernicus.org
The black carbon (BC) and carbon monoxide (CO) emission ratios were estimated and
compiled from long-term, harmonized observations of the Δ BC/Δ CO ratios under conditions …

Black carbon variability since preindustrial times in the eastern part of Europe reconstructed from Mt. Elbrus, Caucasus, ice cores

S Lim, X Faïn, P Ginot, V Mikhalenko… - Atmospheric …, 2017 - acp.copernicus.org
Black carbon (BC), emitted by fossil fuel combustion and biomass burning, is the second
largest man-made contributor to global warming after carbon dioxide (Bond et al., 2013) …

Emission characteristics of refractory black carbon aerosols from fresh biomass burning: a perspective from laboratory experiments

X Pan, Y Kanaya, F Taketani… - Atmospheric …, 2017 - acp.copernicus.org
The emission characteristics of refractory black carbon (rBC) from biomass burning are
essential information for numerical simulations of regional pollution and climate effects. We …

Alteration of the size distributions and mixing states of black carbon through transport in the boundary layer in east Asia

T Miyakawa, N Oshima, F Taketani… - Atmospheric …, 2017 - acp.copernicus.org
Ground-based measurements of black carbon (BC) were performed near an industrial
source region in the early summer of 2014 and at a remote island in Japan in the spring of …

Investigation of the wet removal rate of black carbon in East Asia: validation of a below-and in-cloud wet removal scheme in FLEXible PARTicle (FLEXPART) model …

Y Choi, Y Kanaya, M Takigawa, C Zhu… - Atmospheric …, 2020 - acp.copernicus.org
Understanding the global distribution of atmospheric black carbon (BC) is essential for
unveiling its climatic effect. However, there are still large uncertainties regarding the …

Shipborne observations of atmospheric black carbon aerosol particles over the Arctic Ocean, Bering Sea, and North Pacific Ocean during September 2014

F Taketani, T Miyakawa, H Takashima… - Journal of …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Measurements of refractory black carbon (rBC) aerosol particles using a highly sensitive
online single particle soot photometer were performed on board the R/V Mirai during a …