Microphysical properties of atmospheric soot and organic particles: measurements, modeling, and impacts

W Li, N Riemer, L Xu, Y Wang, K Adachi, Z Shi… - npj Climate and …, 2024 - nature.com
Atmospheric soot and organic particles from fossil fuel combustion and biomass burning
modify Earth's climate through their interactions with solar radiation and through …

Climate-relevant properties of black carbon aerosols revealed by in situ measurements: a review

N Moteki - Progress in Earth and Planetary Science, 2023 - Springer
Light-absorbing aerosols affect atmospheric radiation, dynamics, and precipitations through
shortwave absorption in the atmosphere and snowpack. Black carbon (BC) is considered …

Future warming exacerbated by aged-soot effect on cloud formation

U Lohmann, F Friebel, ZA Kanji, F Mahrt… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Clouds play a critical role in modulating the Earth's radiation balance and climate.
Anthropogenic aerosol particles that undergo aging processes, such as soot, aid cloud …

Radiative absorption enhancements by black carbon controlled by particle-to-particle heterogeneity in composition

L Fierce, TB Onasch, CD Cappa… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
Black carbon (BC) absorbs solar radiation, leading to a strong but uncertain warming effect
on climate. A key challenge in modeling and quantifying BC's radiative effect on climate is …

Mechanisms of soot-aggregate restructuring and compaction

JC Corbin, RL Modini, M Gysel-Beer - Aerosol Science and …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Soot aggregates form as open, fractal-like structures, but aged atmospheric particles are
often observed to be restructured into more-compact shapes due to internal mixing …

The impact of cloud processing on the ice nucleation abilities of soot particles at cirrus temperatures

F Mahrt, K Kilchhofer, C Marcolli… - Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Soot particles are generally considered to be poor ice nucleating particles. Involvement of
soot in clouds and their release back into the atmosphere can form residual particles with …

Soot PCF: pore condensation and freezing framework for soot aggregates

C Marcolli, F Mahrt, B Kärcher - Atmospheric Chemistry and …, 2021 - acp.copernicus.org
Atmospheric ice formation in cirrus clouds is often initiated by aerosol particles that act as ice-
nucleating particles. The aerosol–cloud interactions of soot and associated feedbacks …

The Simulated Source Apportionment of Light Absorbing Aerosols: Effects of Microphysical Properties of Partially‐Coated Black Carbon

J Luo, Z Li, J Qiu, Y Zhang, C Fan, L Li… - Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Biomass burning (BB) fractions estimated with the aethalometer model differ from 0 even for
pure aerosols from fossil fuel (FF) combustion. We used black carbon (BC) aerosols partially …

Scaling of turbulence and microphysics in a convection–cloud chamber of varying height

S Thomas, F Yang, M Ovchinnikov… - Journal of Advances …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The convection–cloud chamber enables measurement of aerosol and cloud microphysics,
as well as their interactions, within a turbulent environment under steady‐state conditions …

Contrasting stratospheric smoke mass and lifetime from 2017 Canadian and 2019/2020 Australian megafires: Global simulations and satellite observations

G D'Angelo, S Guimond, J Reisner… - Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Stratospheric injections of carbonaceous aerosols and combustion gases by extreme
wildfires have become increasingly common. Recent “megafires,” particularly large and …