Articles | Volume 18, issue 20
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-15307-2018
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-15307-2018
Research article
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24 Oct 2018
Research article |  | 24 Oct 2018

Top-down estimates of black carbon emissions at high latitudes using an atmospheric transport model and a Bayesian inversion framework

Nikolaos Evangeliou, Rona L. Thompson, Sabine Eckhardt, and Andreas Stohl

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We present BC inversions at high northern latitudes in 2013–2015. The emissions were high close to the gas flaring regions in Russia and in western Canada. The posterior emissions of BC at latitudes > 50° N were estimated as 560 ± 171 kt yr-1, smaller than in bottom-up inventories. Posterior concentrations over the Arctic compared with independent observations from flight and ship campaigns showed small biases. Seasonal maxima were estimated in summer months due to biomass burning, mainly in Europe.
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