Empirical correlations between black carbon aerosol and carbon monoxide in the lower and middle troposphere Export

@article{spackmanGRL2008, abstract = {Single-particle measurements of black carbon (BC) aerosol and simultaneous measurements of carbon monoxide (CO) were acquired aboard the NOAA WP-3D aircraft during the 2006 Texas Air Quality Study (TexAQS). Observed average BC mass loadings, estimated to account for ∼90\% of the ambient BC mass, decreased by more than 2 orders of magnitude from the polluted boundary layer to the clean middle troposphere (6 km). A strong positive, but non-linear, correlation was observed between simultaneous measurements of BC and CO. Based on an analysis of all the data below 1 km, we report a compact relationship between BC and CO with a slope of 5.8 ± 1.0 ng BC (kg dry air)−1 (ppb CO)−1 that is representative of regional urban and industrial emissions from Houston and Dallas. The BC/CO emission ratio for a fresh biomass-burning plume was estimated at 9 ± 2 ng kg−1 ppb−1. }, author = {Spackman, J. R. and Schwarz, J. P. and Gao, R. S. and Watts, L. A. and Thomson, D. S. and Fahey, D. W. and Holloway, J. S. and de Gouw, J. A. and Trainer, M. and Ryerson, T. B.}, citeulike-article-id = {5431429}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://www.agu.org/pubs/crossref/2008/2008GL035237.shtml}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2008GL035237}, day = {10}, doi = {10.1029/2008GL035237}, issn = {0094-8276}, journal = {Geophysical Research Letters}, keywords = {airborne, co, middle-atmosphere, soot}, month = {October}, number = {19}, pages = {L19816+}, posted-at = {2009-08-13 10:53:47}, priority = {5}, title = {Empirical correlations between black carbon aerosol and carbon monoxide in the lower and middle troposphere}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2008GL035237}, volume = {35}, year = {2008} }

TY - JOUR ID - spackmanGRL2008 L3 - citeulike-article-id:5431429 N2 - Single-particle measurements of black carbon (BC) aerosol and simultaneous measurements of carbon monoxide (CO) were acquired aboard the NOAA WP-3D aircraft during the 2006 Texas Air Quality Study (TexAQS). Observed average BC mass loadings, estimated to account for ∼90% of the ambient BC mass, decreased by more than 2 orders of magnitude from the polluted boundary layer to the clean middle troposphere (6 km). A strong positive, but non-linear, correlation was observed between simultaneous measurements of BC and CO. Based on an analysis of all the data below 1 km, we report a compact relationship between BC and CO with a slope of 5.8 ± 1.0 ng BC (kg dry air)−1 (ppb CO)−1 that is representative of regional urban and industrial emissions from Houston and Dallas. The BC/CO emission ratio for a fresh biomass-burning plume was estimated at 9 ± 2 ng kg−1 ppb−1. IS - 19 JF - Geophysical Research Letters SN - 0094-8276 TI - Empirical correlations between black carbon aerosol and carbon monoxide in the lower and middle troposphere VL - 35 SP - L19816 KW - airborne KW - co KW - middle-atmosphere KW - soot AU - Spackman, JR AU - Schwarz, JP AU - Gao, RS AU - Watts, LA AU - Thomson, DS AU - Fahey, DW AU - Holloway, JS AU - de Gouw, JA AU - Trainer, M AU - Ryerson, TB PY - 2008/10/10/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2008GL035237 ER -