Properties of black carbon and other insoluble light-absorbing particles in seasonal snow of northwestern China

Pu, Wei; Wang, Xin; Wei, Hailun; Zhou, Yue; Shi, Jinsen; Hu, Zhiyuan; Jin, Hongchun; Chen, Quanliang

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-11-1213-2017

Articles | Volume 11, issue 3

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-11-1213-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-11-1213-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 11, issue 3

Research article

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16 May 2017

Research article |

| 16 May 2017

Properties of black carbon and other insoluble light-absorbing particles in seasonal snow of northwestern China

Wei Pu, Xin Wang, Hailun Wei, Yue Zhou, Jinsen Shi, Zhiyuan Hu, Hongchun Jin, and Quanliang Chen

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RC1: 'Review of "Properties of black carbon and other insoluble light-absorbing particles in seasonal snow of northwest China", by Pu et al', Anonymous Referee #1, 21 Dec 2016
- AC1: 'Response to Referee #1', W. Pu, 11 Feb 2017
RC2: 'Review comments', Anonymous Referee #2, 30 Dec 2016
- AC2: 'Response to Referee #2', W. Pu, 11 Feb 2017
EC1: 'Editor's recommendation', Florent Dominé, 17 Jan 2017
- AC3: 'Response to Editor', W. Pu, 11 Feb 2017

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

AR by Wei Pu on behalf of the Authors (23 Feb 2017) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (08 Mar 2017) by Florent Dominé

RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (05 Apr 2017)

ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (06 Apr 2017) by Florent Dominé

AR by Wei Pu on behalf of the Authors (11 Apr 2017) Author's response Manuscript

Short summary

We conducted a large field campaign to collect snow samples in Xinjiang. We measured insoluble light-absorbing particles with estimated black carbon concentrations of 10–150 ng^g-1. We found a probable shift in emission sources with the progression of winter and dominated contributions of BC and OC to light absorption. A PMF model indicated an optimal three-factor/source solution that included industrial pollution, biomass burning, and soil dust.