CARES: Carbonaceous Aerosol and Radiative Effects Study Science Plan

Technical Report · Thu May 27 00:00:00 EDT 2010

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/980726· OSTI ID:980726

Zaveri, RA; Shaw, WJ; Cziczo, DJ

Carbonaceous aerosol components, which include black carbon (BC), urban primary organic aerosols (POA), biomass burning aerosols, and secondary organic aerosols (SOA) from both urban and biogenic precursors, have been previously shown to play a major role in the direct and indirect radiative forcing of climate. The primary objective of the CARES 2010 intensive field study is to investigate the evolution of carbonaceous aerosols of different types and their effects on optical and cloud formation properties.

• Research Organization: DOE Office of Science Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Program (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Science and Technology (EM-50)
• DOE Contract Number: DE-AC05-7601830
• OSTI ID: 980726
• Report Number(s): DOE/SC-ARM-10-017; PNNL-19450; TRN: US201020%%201
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
AEROSOLS
AIR POLLUTION
ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY
BIOMASS
CARBON BLACK
CLIMATES
CLOUDS
OPTICAL PROPERTIES
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS