Radiocarbon-based source apportionment of elemental carbon aerosols at two South Asian receptor observatories over a full annual cycle

• Published in: Environmental research letters Vol. 10; no. 6; pp. 64004 - 64010
• Main Authors: Budhavant, Krishnakant, Andersson, August, Bosch, Carme, Kruså, Martin, Kirillova, E N, Sheesley, R J, Safai, P D, Rao, P S P, Gustafsson, Örjan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Bristol IOP Publishing 01.06.2015
• Subjects: 14C; Aerosols; air pollution; Air quality; Biomass; Biomass burning; Black carbon; Burning; C-14; Carbon; Carbon 14; Carbon cycle; Climate models; Combustion; Emission inventories; Emissions; Fossil fuels; Fuel combustion; India; isotope; Iterative methods; Maldives; Meteorology; Observatories; Optical properties; organic carbon; Receptors; Tropical meteorology; Winter; India; INW, Asia; ISW, Indian Ocean, Maldives

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 Asi...