Black carbon variability since preindustrial times in the eastern part of Europe reconstructed from Mt. Elbrus, Caucasus, ice cores

Lim, Saehee; Faïn, Xavier; Ginot, Patrick; Mikhalenko, Vladimir; Kutuzov, Stanislav; Paris, Jean-Daniel; Kozachek, Anna; Laj, Paolo

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-3489-2017

Articles | Volume 17, issue 5

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-3489-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-3489-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 17, issue 5

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14 Mar 2017

Research article |

| 14 Mar 2017

Black carbon variability since preindustrial times in the eastern part of Europe reconstructed from Mt. Elbrus, Caucasus, ice cores

Saehee Lim, Xavier Faïn, Patrick Ginot, Vladimir Mikhalenko, Stanislav Kutuzov, Jean-Daniel Paris, Anna Kozachek, and Paolo Laj

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- AC1: 'RESPONSES TO COMMENTS OF ANONYMOUS REFEREE #1', Saehee Lim, 30 Nov 2016
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- AC2: 'RESPONSES TO COMMENTS OF ANONYMOUS REFEREE #2', Saehee Lim, 30 Nov 2016

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A record of light-absorbing refractory black carbon (rBC), emitted by fossil fuel combustion and biomass burning, was reconstructed from the ice cores drilled at a high-altitude eastern European site in Mt. Elbrus. This record reports for the first time the high-resolution rBC mass concentrations in the European outflows over the past 189 years. Our study suggests that the past changes in BC emissions of eastern Europe need to be considered in assessing ongoing air quality regulations.