Regional and Sectoral Sources for Black Carbon Over South China in Spring and Their Sensitivity to East Asian Summer Monsoon Onset. Issue 20 (12th October 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Fang, Chenwei; Zhu, Bin; Pan, Chen; Yun, Xiao; Ding, Deping; Tao, Shu
• Is Part Of: Journal of geophysical research. Volume 125:Issue 20(2020)
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• Publication Date: 2020-10-12
• Subjects: black carbon -- region and sector sources -- regional transport -- monsoon onset -- interannual variation -- South China; Atmospheric physics -- Periodicals; Geophysics -- Periodicals; 551.5
• DOI: 10.1029/2020JD033219
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2169-897X

Abstract

Abstract: Besides local emissions, biomass burning (BB) emissions in peninsula Southeast Asia (PSEA) and domestic anthropogenic emissions in North China (NC) are also significant black carbon (BC) sources over South China (SC) in spring. Meanwhile, the East Asian summer monsoon (EASM) is established with the wind field reversal, influencing the region‐based contributions to BC over SC. Herein, BC sources for SC were tracked by region and by sector using the Community Earth System Model with a BC‐tagging technique. During the spring of 2000–2014, 27% of BC surface concentration (BCS) and 64% of BC column burden (BCC) over SC stems from nonlocal sources. BC from NC is mainly transported below 850 hPa. It is the dominant nonlocal contribution to BCS (17%) and largely composed of residential and industrial sectors. Nonlocal emissions inside and outside China contribute 28% and 36% to BCC, respectively. Generally transported above 850 hPa, BC from PSEA is the largest nonlocal contributor (20%) to BCC and contributes 80% of BCC in BB sector. Additionally, the interannual variation in EASM onset times bring a maximum of −5% to +7%/−2% to +7% variation in BCC/BCS. The BC outflow/inflow contributed from NC dominates the BC decrease/increase over SC with southerly/northerly wind anomaly induced by early/late EASM onset, yet regional transport from PSEA contributes minor BC changes. The simulated BC is significantly positively correlated with the varying EASM onset times, but not with emissions, indicating the decisive role of meteorology in the interannual variation of BC over SC during springtime. Key Points: Biomass burning from peninsula Southeast Asia dominates the black carbon column burden in biomass burning sector (80%) over South China BC outflow/inflow from North China dominates the BC decrease/increase over South China induced by early/late East Asian summer monsoon onset Variation in East Asian summer monsoon onset times dominates the interannual variation of BC over South China in spring