Carbonaceous Aerosol
A special issue of Atmosphere (ISSN 2073-4433). This special issue belongs to the section "Aerosols".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 November 2020) | Viewed by 14777
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue of Atmosphere aims to present recent laboratory, field, or computational studies of carbonaceous aerosols, with a specific emphasis on developments and achievements in metrology. Carbonaceous aerosols, broadly defined, are any atmospherically relevant aerosol that is carbon-based and not biogenic in origin. These particles possess a wide range of chemistries (organic to elemental), sizes (nanometers to tens of micrometers) and morphologies (spherical to lacey or compacted aggregates with and without coatings) that impact radiative forcing, the hydrological cycle, and human health. The nuances to these complexities are only starting to be understood, as a direct result of advances in aerosol metrology.
Submitted articles should address carbonaceous aerosols, with an emphasis on aerosol metrology (measurement science). This emphasis can take the form of novel instrumentation; methods or materials development for instrument inter-comparison, calibration, or validation; novel data analysis methods that provide additional insights into aerosol processes; or computational studies that validate observations or measurements. Last, and of specific interest, are studies that address the divide between field and laboratory measurements of absorption enhancement (colloquially referred to as “lensing”), or lack thereof, by strongly absorbing carbonaceous aerosols (i.e., black carbon) that are coated and/or embedded in both absorbing and non-absorbing materials.
Cheers,
Dr. James G. Radney
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- Carbonaceous aerosol
- Black carbon
- Absorption enhancement
- Core-shell
- Aerosol metrology
- Aerosol instrumentation
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