大気中の黒炭素の混合状態による放射能吸収の強化
Christopher D Cappa1, Timothy B Onasch, Paola Massoli
1Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA. cdcappa@ucdavis.edu
まとめ
大気中のブラック・カーボン (BC) は気候を温める. 新しい測定では,BCの吸収強化が気候モデルが予測するよりも小さいことが示され,現在のモデルはBCの温暖化効果を過大評価している可能性があることを示唆しています.
科学分野:
- 大気化学と気候科学.
- エアロゾール物理学と放射線伝達.
背景:
- ブラック・カーボン (BC) は,強力な気候温暖化エアロゾールであり,気候変動緩和を目的とした削減を目的としています.
- 気候モデルでは,BCが他のエアロゾールと内部の混合を想定し,吸収と温暖化の可能性を高めることがよくあります.
- 吸収が増加するというこの仮定は,大気観測から直接的な検証が欠けている.
研究 の 目的:
- 周囲の空気中の黒炭 (BC) の吸収増強 (E(abs)) を直接測定する.
- BCの光学特性に対する光化学的老化の影響を調査する.
- 理論的予測と気候モデルの仮定と in situ 観測を比較する.
主な方法:
- BC吸収増強と混合状態の直接の局所測定は,カリフォルニア州の2つの地域で実施されました.
- 532 nm の波長で測定した.
- データを分析して,平均E (abs) と老化への依存度を決定した.
主要な成果:
- BCの観測されたE (abs) は小さいもので,532nmで平均約6%であった.
- 吸収強化は,光化学的老化とともにわずかな増加しか示さなかった.
- 測定されたE (abs) は,観測的に制約された理論的計算によって予測されたより大幅に低かった.
結論:
- In situの大気観測は,BCの吸収強化が,気候モデルで一般的に想定されるよりも低いことを示唆している.
- 気候モデルは,内部混合に関する仮定のために,ブラックカーボンの温暖化影響を過大評価することがあります.
- 環境測定は,実験室での発見と対照的であり,より現実的なモデルパラメータ化の必要性を強調しています.
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