Light-absorbing carbon in Europe – Measurement and modelling, with a focus on residential wood combustion emissions
- Genberg, J.
- Denier van der Gon, H.A.C.
- Simpson, D.
- Swietlicki, E.
- Areskoug, H.
- Beddows, D.
- Ceburnis, D.
- Fiebig, M.
- Hansson, H.C.
- Harrison, R.M.
- Jennings, S.G.
- Saarikoski, S.
- Spindler, G.
- Visschedijk, A.J.H.
- Wiedensohler, A.
- Yttri, K.E.
- Bergström, R.
DOIAbstract
The atmospheric concentration of elemental carbon (EC) in Europe during the six-year period 2005–2010 has been simulated with the EMEP MSC-W model. The model bias compared to EC measurements was less than 20% for most of the examined sites. The model results suggest that fossil fuel combustion is the dominant source of EC in most of Europe but that there are important contributions also from residential wood burning during the cold seasons and, during certain episodes, also from open biomass burning (wildfires and agricultural fires). The modelled contributions from open biomass fires to ground level concentrations of EC were small at the sites included in the present study, <3% of the long-term average of EC in PM10. The modelling of this ...
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