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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-4561-2020
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Research article
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20 Apr 2020
Research article |
| 20 Apr 2020
| 20 Apr 2020
Seasonal source variability of carbonaceous aerosols at the Rwanda Climate Observatory
August Andersson
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Department of Environmental Science and the Bolin Centre for Climate
Research, Stockholm University, 10691 Stockholm, Sweden
Elena N. Kirillova
Department of Environmental Science and the Bolin Centre for Climate
Research, Stockholm University, 10691 Stockholm, Sweden
Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate (ISAC), National Research
Council of Italy, Bologna, Italy
Stefano Decesari
Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate (ISAC), National Research
Council of Italy, Bologna, Italy
Langley DeWitt
Center for Global Change Science, Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
Jimmy Gasore
Center for Global Change Science, Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
Climate Secretariat, Ministry of Education, Kigali, Rwanda
Physics Department, School of Physics, College of Science and
Technology, University of Rwanda, Kigali, Rwanda
Katherine E. Potter
Center for Global Change Science, Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
Ronald G. Prinn
Center for Global Change Science, Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
Maheswar Rupakheti
Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies (IASS), Potsdam,
Germany
Jean de Dieu Ndikubwimana
Climate Secretariat, Ministry of Education, Kigali, Rwanda
Julius Nkusi
Climate Secretariat, Ministry of Education, Kigali, Rwanda
Bonfils Safari
Physics Department, School of Physics, College of Science and
Technology, University of Rwanda, Kigali, Rwanda
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Short summary
Large-scale biomass burning events seasonally cover sub-Saharan Africa with air particles. In this study, we find that the concentrations of these particles at a remote mountain site in Rwanda may increase by a factor of 10 during such dry biomass burning periods, with strong implications for the regional climate and human health. These results provide quantitative constraints that could contribute to reducing the large uncertainties regarding the environmental impact of these fires.
Large-scale biomass burning events seasonally cover sub-Saharan Africa with air particles. In...
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