Chinese Journal of Polar Research ›› 2010, Vol. 22 ›› Issue (1): 56-68.DOI: 10.3724/SP.J.1084.2010.00056

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PROSPECT OF RESEARCH ON ARCTIC BLACK CARBON AEROSOL

Zhan Jianqiong; Chen Liqi; Zhang Yuanhui; Yang Xulin; Li Wei   

  1. Key Laboratory of Marine Atmospheric Chemistry and Global Change; Third Institute of Oceanography; SOA; Xiamen 361005; China
  • Online:2010-03-30 Published:2010-03-30

Abstract: Over the past 100 years, the average temperature increasing rate in the Arctic is about twice as the global average temperature increasing rate. Althouth the anthropogenic long-lived greenhouse gases play a predominate role in radiation forces in weather system, the black carbon aerosol and other short-lived pollutants could also explain a significant fraction of the Arctic warming. Therefore, reducing the emission of black carbon aerosol into the atmosphere will cool the planet and make a negative feedback...

Key words: black carbon aerosol, climate change, the Arctic