Black carbon radiative forcing over the Tibetan Plateau

He, Cenlin; Li, Qinbin; Liou, Kuo‐Nan; Takano, Yoshi; Gu, Yu; Qi, Ling; Mao, Yuhao; Leung, L. Ruby

doi:10.1002/2014GL062191

Title: Black carbon radiative forcing over the Tibetan Plateau

Journal Article · Tue Nov 25 00:00:00 EST 2014 · Geophysical Research Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1002/2014GL062191· OSTI ID:1402367

He, Cenlin ^[1]; Li, Qinbin ^[1]; Liou, Kuo‐Nan ^[1]; Takano, Yoshi ^[1]; Gu, Yu ^[1]; Qi, Ling ^[1]; Mao, Yuhao ^[2]; Leung, L. Ruby ^[3]

Joint Institute for Regional Earth System Science and Engineering and Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles California USA
Institute of Atmospheric Physics Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing China
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Richland Washington USA

Abstract We estimate the snow albedo forcing and direct radiative forcing (DRF) of black carbon (BC) in the Tibetan Plateau using a global chemical transport model in conjunction with a stochastic snow model and a radiative transfer model. The annual mean BC snow albedo forcing is 2.9 W m ⁻² averaged over snow‐covered plateau regions, which is a factor of 3 larger than the value over global land snowpack. BC‐snow internal mixing increases the albedo forcing by 40–60% compared with external mixing, and coated BC increases the forcing by 30–50% compared with uncoated BC aggregates, whereas Koch snowflakes reduce the forcing by 20–40% relative to spherical snow grains. The annual BC DRF at the top of the atmosphere is 2.3 W m ⁻² with uncertainties of −70–85% in the plateau after scaling the modeled BC absorption optical depth to Aerosol Robotic Network observations. The BC forcings are attributed to emissions from different regions.

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