Do contemporary (1980–2015) emissions determine the elemental carbon deposition trend at Holtedahlfonna glacier, Svalbard?

Ruppel, Meri M.; Soares, Joana; Gallet, Jean-Charles; Isaksson, Elisabeth; Martma, Tõnu; Svensson, Jonas; Kohler, Jack; Pedersen, Christina A.; Manninen, Sirkku; Korhola, Atte; Ström, Johan

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-12779-2017

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26 Oct 2017

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| 26 Oct 2017

Do contemporary (1980–2015) emissions determine the elemental carbon deposition trend at Holtedahlfonna glacier, Svalbard?

Meri M. Ruppel, Joana Soares, Jean-Charles Gallet, Elisabeth Isaksson, Tõnu Martma, Jonas Svensson, Jack Kohler, Christina A. Pedersen, Sirkku Manninen, Atte Korhola, and Johan Ström

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RC1: 'Review of "Do contemporary (1980-2015) emissions determine the elemental carbon deposition trend at Holtedahlfonna gloacier, Svalbard"', Anonymous Referee #1, 20 Jun 2017
- AC1: 'Author’s reply to Referee #1 comments on “Do contemporary (1980–2015) emissions determine the elemental carbon deposition trend at Holtedahlfonna glacier, Svalbard?” by Meri M. Ruppel et al. submitted to ACP', Meri Ruppel, 01 Sep 2017
RC2: 'Review of “Do contemporary (1980–2015) emissions determine the elemental carbon deposition trend at Holtedahlfonna glacier, Svalbard?”, Ruppel et al.', Anonymous Referee #2, 27 Jul 2017
- AC2: 'Author’s reply to Referee #2 comments on “Do contemporary (1980–2015) emissions determine the elemental carbon deposition trend at Holtedahlfonna glacier, Svalbard?” by Meri M. Ruppel et al. submitted to ACP', Meri Ruppel, 01 Sep 2017

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ED: Publish as is (07 Sep 2017) by Michael Boy

Short summary

Black carbon (BC) deposition enhances Arctic warming and melting. We present Svalbard ice core BC data from 2005 to 2015, comparing the results with chemical transport model data. The ice core and modelled BC deposition trends clearly deviate from measured and observed atmospheric concentration trends, and thus meteorological processes such as precipitation and scavenging efficiency seem to have a stronger influence on the BC deposition trend than BC emission or atmospheric concentration trends.