Relationship between Land Use and Spatial Variability of Atmospheric Brown Carbon and Black Carbon Aerosols in Amazonia ...

• Main Authors: Morais, Fernando G., Franco, Marco A., Palácios, Rafael, Machado, Luiz A. T., Rizzo, Luciana V., Barbosa, H. M. J., Jorge, Fabio, Schafer, Joel S., Holben, Brent N., Landulfo, Eduardo, Artaxo, Paulo
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI 2022
• Subjects: Alta; Rio Branco; Aerosol Robotic Network
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.13016/m2ocru-vdir; https://mdsoar.org/handle/11603/26113

The aerosol radiative effect is an important source of uncertainty in estimating the anthropogenic impact of global climate change. One of the main open questions is the role of radiation absorption by aerosols and its relation to land use worldwide, particularly in the Amazon Rainforest. Using AERO...