Seasonal variability of black carbon mass in the tropical tropopause layer

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  • J. R. Spackman
    Chemical Sciences Division, Earth System Research Laboratory National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Boulder Colorado USA
  • R. S. Gao
    Chemical Sciences Division, Earth System Research Laboratory National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Boulder Colorado USA
  • J. P. Schwarz
    Chemical Sciences Division, Earth System Research Laboratory National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Boulder Colorado USA
  • L. A. Watts
    Chemical Sciences Division, Earth System Research Laboratory National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Boulder Colorado USA
  • D. W. Fahey
    Chemical Sciences Division, Earth System Research Laboratory National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Boulder Colorado USA
  • L. Pfister
    Earth Sciences Division NASA Ames Research Center Moffett Field California USA
  • T. P. Bui
    Earth Sciences Division NASA Ames Research Center Moffett Field California USA

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公開日
2011-05-11
権利情報
  • http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor
DOI
  • 10.1029/2010gl046343
公開者
American Geophysical Union (AGU)

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<jats:p>While most black carbon (BC)‐containing particles are removed in the lower troposphere in the tropics, some are lofted to higher altitudes via convection where they may be distributed globally throughout the tropical tropopause layer (TTL). Single‐particle measurements of BC aerosol were made from the NASA WB‐57F aircraft during both the dry (February 2006) and wet (August 2007) seasons in Central America. BC mass loadings declined sharply with increasing altitude from the ground to 5 km. In the TTL, they were up to six times higher in the wet relative to the dry season. The variability in BC mass was examined using convective‐influence back trajectories to determine the source regions. The seasonal differences in the vertical profiles are explained by long‐range transport of (1) low‐BC air from the southern hemisphere in the dry season and (2) high‐BC air from biomass‐burning or pollution sources in Africa and Asia advected by the Asian monsoon circulation in the wet season.</jats:p>

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