A European aerosol phenomenology – 9: Light absorption properties of carbonaceous aerosol particles across surface Europe

Jordi Rovira; Marjan Savadkoohi; Gang I. Chen; Griša Močnik; Wenche Aas; Lucas Alados-Arboledas; Begoña Artiñano; Minna Aurela; John Backman; Sujai Banerji; David Beddow; Benjamin Brem; Benjamin Chazeau; Martine Collaud Coen; Cristina Colombi; Sebastien Conil; Francesca Costabile; Esther Coz; Joel F. de Brito; Kostas Eleftheriadis; Olivier Favez; Harald Flentje; Evelyn Freney; Asta Gregorič; Martin Gysel-Beer; Roy Harrison; Christoph Hueglin; Antti Hyvärinen; Matic Ivančič; Athina Cerise Kalogridis; Hannes Keernik; Granakis Konstantinos; Paolo Laj; Eleni Liakakou; Chunshui Lin; Stefano Listrani; Krista Luoma; Marek Maasikmets; Hanna E. Manninen; Nicolas Marchand; Sebastiao Martins dos Santos; Saliou Mbengue; Nikos Mihalopoulos; Doina Nicolae; Jarkko V. Niemi; Michael Norman; Jurgita Ovadnevaite; Jean Eudes Petit; Stephen Platt; André S.H. Prévôt; Manuel Pujadas; Jean Philippe Putaud; Véronique Riffault; Martin Rigler; Matteo Rinaldi; Jaroslav Schwarz; Sanna Silvergren; Erik Teinemaa; Kimmo Teinilä; Hilkka Timonen; Gloria Titos; Anna Tobler; Jeni Vasilescu; Stergios Vratolis; Karl Espen Yttri; Eduardo Yubero; Naděžda Zíková; Andrés Alastuey; Tuukka Petäjä; Xavier Querol; Jesús Yus-Díez; Marco Pandolfi

doi:10.1016/j.envint.2024.109185

A European aerosol phenomenology – 9: Light absorption properties of carbonaceous aerosol particles across surface Europe

Jordi Rovira^*
, Marjan Savadkoohi
, Gang I. Chen
, Griša Močnik
, Wenche Aas
, Lucas Alados-Arboledas
, Begoña Artiñano
, Minna Aurela
, John Backman
, Sujai Banerji
, David Beddow
, Benjamin Brem
, Benjamin Chazeau
, Martine Collaud Coen
, Cristina Colombi
, Sebastien Conil
, Francesca Costabile
, Esther Coz
, Joel F. de Brito
, Kostas Eleftheriadis

Olivier Favez, Harald Flentje, Evelyn Freney, Asta Gregorič, Martin Gysel-Beer, Roy Harrison, Christoph Hueglin, Antti Hyvärinen, Matic Ivančič, Athina Cerise Kalogridis, Hannes Keernik, Granakis Konstantinos, Paolo Laj, Eleni Liakakou, Chunshui Lin, Stefano Listrani, Krista Luoma, Marek Maasikmets, Hanna E. Manninen, Nicolas Marchand, Sebastiao Martins dos Santos, Saliou Mbengue, Nikos Mihalopoulos, Doina Nicolae, Jarkko V. Niemi, Michael Norman, Jurgita Ovadnevaite, Jean Eudes Petit, Stephen Platt, André S.H. Prévôt, Manuel Pujadas, Jean Philippe Putaud, Véronique Riffault, Martin Rigler, Matteo Rinaldi, Jaroslav Schwarz, Sanna Silvergren, Erik Teinemaa, Kimmo Teinilä, Hilkka Timonen, Gloria Titos, Anna Tobler, Jeni Vasilescu, Stergios Vratolis, Karl Espen Yttri, Eduardo Yubero, Naděžda Zíková, Andrés Alastuey, Tuukka Petäjä, Xavier Querol, Jesús Yus-Díez, Marco Pandolfi

^*Autor correspondiente de este trabajo

Barcelona
Polytechnic University of Catalonia
MRC Centre for Environment and Health
University of Nova Gorica
Haze Instruments d.o.o.
J. Stefan Institute
Norwegian Institute for Air Research
University of Granada
CIEMAT
Finnish Meteorological Institute
Tampere University
University of Helsinki
University of Birmingham
Paul Scherrer Institute
Aix-Marseille Université
Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology MeteoSwiss
ARPA Lombardia
ANDRA DRD/GES Observatoire Pérenne de l'Environnement
National Research Council of Italy
Université de Lille
Demokritos National Centre for Scientific Research
Institut national de l'environnement industriel et des risques
Deutscher Wetterdienst
Université Clermont Auvergne-CNRS
Aerosol d.o.o.
King Abdulaziz University
Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (Empa)
Air Quality Management Department
Université Grenoble Alpes
National Observatory of Athens
University of Galway
ARPA Lazio
Helsinki Region Environmental Services Authority (HSY)
European Commission Joint Research Centre Institute
Czech Academy of Sciences
National Institute of Research and Development for Optoelectronics INOE 2000
SLB
Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement
Datalystica Ltd.
Miguel Hernández University

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Carbonaceous aerosols (CA), composed of black carbon (BC) and organic matter (OM), significantly impact the climate. Light absorption properties of CA, particularly of BC and brown carbon (BrC), are crucial due to their contribution to global and regional warming. We present the absorption properties of BC (b_Abs,BC) and BrC (b_Abs,BrC) inferred using Aethalometer data from 44 European sites covering different environments (traffic (TR), urban (UB), suburban (SUB), regional background (RB) and mountain (M)). Absorption coefficients showed a clear relationship with station setting decreasing as follows: TR > UB > SUB > RB > M, with exceptions. The contribution of b_Abs,BrC to total absorption (b_Abs), i.e. %Abs_BrC, was lower at traffic sites (11–20 %), exceeding 30 % at some SUB and RB sites. Low AAE values were observed at TR sites, due to the dominance of internal combustion emissions, and at some remote RB/M sites, likely due to the lack of proximity to BrC sources, insufficient secondary processes generating BrC or the effect of photobleaching during transport. Higher b_Abs and AAE were observed in Central/Eastern Europe compared to Western/Northern Europe, due to higher coal and biomass burning emissions in the east. Seasonal analysis showed increased b_Abs, b_Abs,BC, b_Abs,BrC in winter, with stronger %Abs_BrC, leading to higher AAE. Diel cycles of b_Abs,BC peaked during morning and evening rush hours, whereas b_Abs,BrC, %Abs_BrC, AAE, and AAE_BrC peaked at night when emissions from household activities accumulated. Decade-long trends analyses demonstrated a decrease in b_Abs, due to reduction of BC emissions, while b_Abs,BrC and AAE increased, suggesting a shift in CA composition, with a relative increase in BrC over BC. This study provides a unique dataset to assess the BrC effects on climate and confirms that BrC can contribute significantly to UV–VIS radiation presenting highly variable absorption properties in Europe.

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Rovira, J., Savadkoohi, M., Chen, G. I., Močnik, G., Aas, W., Alados-Arboledas, L., Artiñano, B., Aurela, M., Backman, J., Banerji, S., Beddow, D., Brem, B., Chazeau, B., Coen, M. C., Colombi, C., Conil, S., Costabile, F., Coz, E., de Brito, J. F., ... Pandolfi, M. (2025). A European aerosol phenomenology – 9: Light absorption properties of carbonaceous aerosol particles across surface Europe. Environment international, 195, Artículo 109185. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2024.109185

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AU - Laj, Paolo

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AU - Lin, Chunshui

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AU - Luoma, Krista

AU - Maasikmets, Marek

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AU - Nicolae, Doina

AU - Niemi, Jarkko V.

AU - Norman, Michael

AU - Ovadnevaite, Jurgita

AU - Petit, Jean Eudes

AU - Platt, Stephen

AU - Prévôt, André S.H.

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AU - Putaud, Jean Philippe

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AU - Schwarz, Jaroslav

AU - Silvergren, Sanna

AU - Teinemaa, Erik

AU - Teinilä, Kimmo

AU - Timonen, Hilkka

AU - Titos, Gloria

AU - Tobler, Anna

AU - Vasilescu, Jeni

AU - Vratolis, Stergios

AU - Yttri, Karl Espen

AU - Yubero, Eduardo

AU - Zíková, Naděžda

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