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The aerosol radiative effects of uncontrolled combustion of domestic waste
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Open, uncontrolled combustion of domestic waste is a potentially significant source of aerosol; however, this aerosol source is not generally included in many global emissions inventories.
Description
To provide a first estimate of the aerosol radiative impacts from domestic-waste combustion, we incorporate the Wiedinmyer et al. (2014) emissions inventory into GEOS-Chem-TOMAS, a global chemical-transport model with online aerosol microphysics.
We find domestic-waste combustion increases global-mean black carbon and organic aerosol concentrations by 8 and 6â¯%, respectively, and by greater than 40â¯% in some regions. Due to uncertainties regarding aerosol optical properties, we estimate the globally averaged aerosol direct radiative effect to range from â5 to â20â¯mWâ¯mâ2; however, this range increases from â40 to +4â¯mWâ¯mâ2 when we consider uncertainties in emission mass and size distribution.
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In some regions with significant waste combustion, such as India and China, the aerosol direct radiative effect may exceed â0.4â¯Wâ¯mâ2. Similarly, we estimate a cloud-albedo aerosol indirect effect of â13â¯mWâ¯mâ2, with a range of â4 to â49â¯mWâ¯mâ2 due to emission uncertainties. In the regions with significant waste combustion, the cloud-albedo aerosol indirect effect may exceed â0.4â¯Wâ¯mâ2.
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- Earth & Environmental Science · Ocean & Atmospheric Science
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