Major influence of secondary organic aerosols on black carbon absorption enhancement in the region of Paris, France

Abstract : Atmospheric black carbon (BC) and lightabsorbing organic aerosol (also referred as brown carbon, BrC) have strong effects on the Earth’s climate by absorbing direct solar radiation. To better characterize and quantify these effects, it is still needed to improve the understanding of specific underlying mechanisms such as the influence of primary emissions and secondary processes on absorption properties over long-term periods. We report here results of a three-year continuous field observations of both optical and chemical aerosol properties from March 2014 to March 2017 at a suburban background station (SIRTA) in the Paris region (France)...