Uncertainties in data on organic aerosols

Barry J. Huebert; Robert J. Charlson

doi:10.3402/tellusb.v52i5.17099

Uncertainties in data on organic aerosols

Tellus B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology

Volume 52 (2000): Issue 5

By: Barry J. Huebert and Robert J. Charlson

Open Access

|Jan 2000

Abstract

Organic aerosols are gaining increasing attention because of their importance in studies ofradiative forcing of climate. However, there is a potential for large and unquantified biases inmost of the published data, which has been derived using variations on the evolved gas analysismethod (EGA).We argue that the magnitude of these putative uncertainties makes it impossibleboth to test hypotheses concerning the variation of organic carbon (OC) with altitude and todevelop realistic models of radiative climate forcing.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusb.v52i5.17099 | Journal eISSN: 1600-0889

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Submitted on: Oct 27, 1999

Accepted on: May 24, 2000

Published on: Jan 1, 2000

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