Dear Nirmala,

I suggest you first study the reports of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), and in particular this chapter of the latest Assessment Report 5 (2013):

https://www.ipcc.ch/pdf/assessment-report/ar5/wg1/WG1AR5_Chapter08_FINAL.pdf

As you probably know, this is not a new issue. The previous report (AR-4, 2007) also had a chapter dedicated to that topic:

https://www.ipcc.ch/publications_and_data/ar4/wg1/en/ch2s2-4-4-3.html

There is also a Special Report on aviation that talks about black carbon:

http://www.ipcc.ch/ipccreports/sres/aviation/index.php?idp=79

These key references also cite large numbers of earlier works. Good luck. Michel.

Dear Michel,

Thank you so much for your valuable input.

I reviewed many literature sources including IPCC 5th Assessment Report which are provided a lot of qualitative information about BC emission. It is very difficult to find emissions factors of BC from  fossil fuel burning in difference activities/sectors. Bond et al. 2013 has been provided BC emissions factors from transportation, open burning etc and however, emissions factors from off-road diesel engines are not mentioned.

Thanks again for your help.

OK, Nirmala, glad to hear that you've consulted that essential source. Next, have you seen the report on black carbon that EPA prepared for the US Congress? It is available here:

http://www.epa.gov/blackcarbon/

Chapter 4 and Appendix 2 should be of direct interest...

Then there is also the report entitled "Estimation of Emission Factors of Particulate Black Carbon and Organic Carbon from Stationary, Modile, and Non-point Sources in the United States for Incorporation into GREET", prepared by the Argonne National Laboratory, which is available here:

https://greet.es.anl.gov/publication-black-carbon-greet

And here are a few more recent articles on the same topic:

Xing Wang, Dane Westerdahl, Jingnan Hu, Ye Wu, Hang Yin, Xiaochuan Pan, K. Max Zhang (2012) 'On-road diesel vehicle emission factors for nitrogen oxides and black carbon in two Chinese cities', Atmospheric Environment, Volume 46, January 2012, Pages 45–55 (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1352231011011071)

Forestieri SD, Collier S, Kuwayama T, Zhang Q, Kleeman MJ, Cappa CD (2013) 'Real-time black carbon emission factor measurements from light duty vehicles', Environ Sci Technol. 2013 Nov 19;47(22):13104-12. doi: 10.1021/es401415a (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24156818)

and

Galvis B, Bergin M, Russell A (2013) 'Fuel-based fine particulate and black carbon emission factors from a railyard area in Atlanta', J Air Waste Manag Assoc. 2013 Jun;63(6):648-58 (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23858991).

Cheers, Michel.

OK, Nirmala, glad to hear that you've consulted that essential source. Next, have you seen the report on black carbon that EPA prepared for the US Congress? It is available here:

http://www.epa.gov/blackcarbon/

Chapter 4 and Appendix 2 should be of direct interest...

Then there is also the report entitled "Estimation of Emission Factors of Particulate Black Carbon and Organic Carbon from Stationary, Modile, and Non-point Sources in the United States for Incorporation into GREET", prepared by the Argonne National Laboratory, which is available here:

https://greet.es.anl.gov/publication-black-carbon-greet

And here are a few more recent articles on the same topic:

Xing Wang, Dane Westerdahl, Jingnan Hu, Ye Wu, Hang Yin, Xiaochuan Pan, K. Max Zhang (2012) 'On-road diesel vehicle emission factors for nitrogen oxides and black carbon in two Chinese cities', Atmospheric Environment, Volume 46, January 2012, Pages 45–55 (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1352231011011071)

Forestieri SD, Collier S, Kuwayama T, Zhang Q, Kleeman MJ, Cappa CD (2013) 'Real-time black carbon emission factor measurements from light duty vehicles', Environ Sci Technol. 2013 Nov 19;47(22):13104-12. doi: 10.1021/es401415a (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24156818)

and

Galvis B, Bergin M, Russell A (2013) 'Fuel-based fine particulate and black carbon emission factors from a railyard area in Atlanta', J Air Waste Manag Assoc. 2013 Jun;63(6):648-58 (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23858991).

Cheers, Michel.

Sorry for all earlier entries but THE expert on Black Carbon is

dr Tami Bond

I strongly suggest to google for her publications that are for the most part accessible

http://www.hiwater.org/

Many thanks Harry for providing these useful links..

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