Effects of black carbon morphology on brown carbon absorption estimation: from numerical aspects

Luo, Jie; Zhang, Yongming; Zhang, Qixing

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-14-2113-2021

Articles | Volume 14, issue 4

https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-14-2113-2021

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https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-14-2113-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 14, issue 4

Methods for assessment of models

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23 Apr 2021

Methods for assessment of models |

| 23 Apr 2021

Effects of black carbon morphology on brown carbon absorption estimation: from numerical aspects

Jie Luo, Yongming Zhang, and Qixing Zhang

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SC1: 'executive editor comment on gmd-2020-348', Astrid Kerkweg, 14 Nov 2020
- AC1: 'Response to the comments of Astrid Kerkweg', Qixing Zhang, 23 Nov 2020
RC1: 'Review comment', Anonymous Referee #1, 26 Nov 2020
- AC2: 'Reply on RC1', Qixing Zhang, 30 Jan 2021
RC2: 'Review of Luo et al.', Anonymous Referee #2, 15 Dec 2020
- AC3: 'Reply on RC2', Qixing Zhang, 30 Jan 2021

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

AR by Qixing Zhang on behalf of the Authors (30 Jan 2021) Author's response Author's tracked changes Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (10 Feb 2021) by Christina McCluskey

RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (18 Feb 2021)

ED: Publish as is (26 Feb 2021) by Christina McCluskey

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AA: Author's adjustment | EA: Editor approval

AA by Qixing Zhang on behalf of the Authors (14 Apr 2021) Author's adjustment Manuscript

EA: Adjustments approved (20 Apr 2021) by Christina McCluskey

Short summary

In this work, we developed a numerical method to investigate the effects of black carbon (BC) morphology on the estimation of brown carbon (BrC) absorption using the absorption Ångström exponent (AAE) method. We found that BC morphologies have significant impacts on the estimated BrC absorptions. Moreover, we have demonstrated under what conditions the AAE methods can provide good or bad estimations and explored the reasons for why the good or bad estimations were caused.