Atmospheric aerosols are complex mixtures of different chemical species, and individual
particles exist in many different shapes and morphologies. Together, these characteristics …

Although black carbon (BC) is one of the key atmospheric particulate components driving
climate change and air quality, there is no agreement on the terminology that considers all …

Aerosol black carbon is a unique primary tracer for combustion emissions. It affects the
optical properties of the atmosphere and is recognized as the second most important …

Black carbon aerosol plays a unique and important role in Earth's climate system. Black
carbon is a type of carbonaceous material with a unique combination of physical properties …

Light absorption by aerosols contributes to solar radiative forcing through absorption of solar
radiation and heating of the absorbing aerosol layer. Besides the direct radiative effect, the …

Recent results from diverse air, ground, and laboratory studies using both radiometric and in
situ techniques show that the fractions of black carbon, organic matter, and mineral dust in …

Particulate emissions from motor vehicles have received increased attention over the past
two decades owing to associations observed between ambient particulate matter (PM) …

Black carbon (BC) is functionally defined as the absorbing component of atmospheric total
carbonaceous aerosols (TC) and is typically dominated by soot-like elemental carbon (EC) …

The absorption Ångström exponent (AAE) of externally mixed black carbon (BC Ext), or BC
internally mixed with non-absorbing material (BC Int), is often used to determine the …

We have determined the solar spectral absorption optical depth of atmospheric aerosols for
specific case studies during several field programs (three cases have been reported …