Light absorbing carbon emissions from commercial shipping
International audience Extensive measurements of the emission of light absorbing carbon aerosol (LAC) from commercial shipping are presented. Vessel emissions were sampled using a photoacoustic spectrometer in the Gulf of Mexico region. The highest emitters (per unit fuel burnt) are tug boats, thus...
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ftuniversailles:oai:HAL:hal-00366464v1 2023-07-30T04:01:27+02:00 Light absorbing carbon emissions from commercial shipping Lack, Daniel Lerner, Brian Granier, Claire Baynard, Tahllee Lovejoy, Edward Massoli, Paola Ravishankara, A.R. Williams, Eric Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES) University of Colorado Boulder -National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory (ESRL) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Service d'aéronomie (SA) Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) Lockheed Martin Corporation NOAA program for climate change. 2008 https://hal.science/hal-00366464 https://hal.science/hal-00366464/document https://hal.science/hal-00366464/file/Lack_et_al-2008-Geophysical_Research_Letters.pdf https://doi.org/10.1029/2008GL033906 en eng HAL CCSD American Geophysical Union info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1029/2008GL033906 hal-00366464 https://hal.science/hal-00366464 https://hal.science/hal-00366464/document https://hal.science/hal-00366464/file/Lack_et_al-2008-Geophysical_Research_Letters.pdf doi:10.1029/2008GL033906 info:eu-repo/semantics/OpenAccess ISSN: 0094-8276 EISSN: 1944-8007 Geophysical Research Letters https://hal.science/hal-00366464 Geophysical Research Letters, 2008, 35 (13), pp.L13815. ⟨10.1029/2008GL033906⟩ Aerosol Shipping Light absorbing carbon [SDE.MCG]Environmental Sciences/Global Changes [PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-AO-PH]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics [physics.ao-ph] info:eu-repo/semantics/article Journal articles 2008 ftuniversailles https://doi.org/10.1029/2008GL033906 2023-07-16T21:28:41Z International audience Extensive measurements of the emission of light absorbing carbon aerosol (LAC) from commercial shipping are presented. Vessel emissions were sampled using a photoacoustic spectrometer in the Gulf of Mexico region. The highest emitters (per unit fuel burnt) are tug boats, thus making significant contributions to local air quality in ports. Emission of LAC from cargo and non cargo vessels in this study appears to be independent of engine load. Shipping fuel consumption data (2001) was used to calculate a global LAC contribution of 133(±27) Ggyr−1, or ∼1.7% of global LAC. This small fraction could have disproportionate effects on both air quality near port areas and climate in the Arctic if direct emissions of LAC occur in that region due to opening Arctic sea routes. The global contribution of this LAC burden was investigated using the MOZART model. Increases of 20–50 ng m−3 LAC (relative increases up to 40%) due to shipping occur in the tropical Atlantic, Indonesia, central America and the southern regions of South America and Africa. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines: HAL-UVSQ Arctic Geophysical Research Letters 35 13 |
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International audience Extensive measurements of the emission of light absorbing carbon aerosol (LAC) from commercial shipping are presented. Vessel emissions were sampled using a photoacoustic spectrometer in the Gulf of Mexico region. The highest emitters (per unit fuel burnt) are tug boats, thus making significant contributions to local air quality in ports. Emission of LAC from cargo and non cargo vessels in this study appears to be independent of engine load. Shipping fuel consumption data (2001) was used to calculate a global LAC contribution of 133(±27) Ggyr−1, or ∼1.7% of global LAC. This small fraction could have disproportionate effects on both air quality near port areas and climate in the Arctic if direct emissions of LAC occur in that region due to opening Arctic sea routes. The global contribution of this LAC burden was investigated using the MOZART model. Increases of 20–50 ng m−3 LAC (relative increases up to 40%) due to shipping occur in the tropical Atlantic, Indonesia, central America and the southern regions of South America and Africa. |
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Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES) University of Colorado Boulder -National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory (ESRL) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Service d'aéronomie (SA) Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) Lockheed Martin Corporation NOAA program for climate change. |
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ISSN: 0094-8276 EISSN: 1944-8007 Geophysical Research Letters https://hal.science/hal-00366464 Geophysical Research Letters, 2008, 35 (13), pp.L13815. ⟨10.1029/2008GL033906⟩ |
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