Light absorption enhancement of black carbon in a pyrocumulonimbus cloud.

ABSTRACT: Pyrocumulonimbus (pyroCb) firestorm systems have been shown to inject significant amounts of black carbon (BC) to the stratosphere with a residence time of several months. Injected BC warms the local stratospheric air, consequently perturbing transport and hence spatial distributions of ozone and water vapor. A distinguishing feature of BC-containing particles residing within pyroCb smoke is their thick surface coatings made of condensed organic matter. When coated with non-refractory materials, BC's absorption is enhanced, yet the absorption enhancement factor (E_abs) for pyroCb BC is not well constrained. Here, we perform particle-scale measurements of BC mass, morphology, and coating thickness from inside a pyroCb cloud and quantify E_abs using an established particl

SUBMITTER: Beeler P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11272781 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature