Radiocarbon-based source apportionment of elemental carbon aerosols at two South Asian receptor observatories over a full annual cycle
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15547153 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Krishnakant Budhavant (0000-0003-2753-3192, Maldives National University, corresponding author), August Andersson (0000-0002-4659-7055, Bolin Centre for Climate Research, corresponding author), Carme Bosch (0000-0002-4260-369X, Bolin Centre for Climate Research, corresponding author), Martin Kruså (Stockholm University, corresponding author), E N Kirillova (0000-0003-4067-554X), Е Н Кириллова (0000-0002-1373-800X, Bolin Centre for Climate Research), Rebecca J Sheesley (0000-0002-8187-0571, Bolin Centre for Climate Research), P D Safai (0000-0002-9488-5174), PD Safai (Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, corresponding author), P S P Rao (Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, corresponding author), Örjan Gustafsson (0000-0002-1922-0527, Stockholm University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 064004-064004 |
| Publication date | 2015-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Environmental Research Letters (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1748-9326 • E-ISSN: 1748-9326 |
| Publisher | IOP Publishing (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1088/1748-9326/10/6/064004 |
| OpenAlex | W2161862556 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 33 |
Black carbon (BC) aerosols impact climate and air quality. Since BC from fossil versus biomass combustion have different optical properties and different abilities to penetrate the lungs, it is important to better understand their relative contributions in strongly affected regions such as South Asia. This study reports the first year-round 14C-based source apportionment of elemental carbon (EC), the mass-based correspondent to BC, using as regional receptor sites the international Maldives Climate Observatory in Hanimaadhoo (MCOH) and the mountaintop observatory of the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology in Sinhagad, India (SINH). For the highly-polluted winter season (December–March), the fractional contribution to EC from biomass burning (fbio) was 53 ± 5% (n = 6) at MCOH and 56 ± 3% at SINH (n = 5). The fbio for the non-winter remainder was 53 ± 11% (n = 6) at MCOH and 48 ± 8% (n = 7) at SINH. This observation-based constraint on near-equal contributions from biomass burning and fossil fuel combustion at both sites compare with predictions from eight technology-based emission inventory (EI) models for India of (fbio)EI spanning 55–88%, suggesting that most current EI for Indian BC systematically under predict the relative contribution of fossil fuel combustion. A continued iterative testing of bottom-up EI with top-down observational source constraints has the potential to lead to reduced uncertainties regarding EC sources and emissions to the benefit of both models of climate and air quality as well as guide efficient policies to mitigate emissions
Aerosol · Air quality index · Apportionment · Atmospheric sciences · Biology · Biomass (ecology · Biomass burning · Carbon cycle · Climatology · Combustion · Emission inventory · Fossil fuel · Geochemistry · Geography · Greenhouse gas · Meteorology · Observatory · Physics · Provenance · Air Quality and Health Impacts · Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics · Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols · Chemistry · Environmental Science · Ecology · Geology · Oceanography
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