Historical black carbon deposition in the Canadian High Arctic: a 190-year long ice-core record from Devon Island

• Main Authors: Zdanowicz, CM, Proemse, BC, Edwards, R, Feiteng, W, Hogan, CM, Kinnard, C, Fisher, D
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus GmbH 2017
• Subjects: Earth Sciences; Atmospheric Sciences; Atmospheric Aerosols; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Canada; Greenland; Devon Island; Devon Ice Cap; albedo; black carbon; Greenland ice core; Ice cap; ice core
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-2017-895; http://ecite.utas.edu.au/121601

Black carbon aerosol (BC) emitted from natural and anthropogenic sources (e.g., wildfires, coal burning) can contribute to magnify climate warming at high latitudes by darkening snow- and ice-covered surfaces, thus lowering their albedo. Modeling the atmospheric transport and deposition of BC to the...