FLEXPART: Global Daily Black Carbon Aerosol Concentrations and Deposition at 1x1 Degrees

Global simulations of black carbon aerosol concentrations and daily deposition from the FLEXPART Lagrangian particle dispersion model. The dataset is produced by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and was last updated in March 2026. It provides daily, 1x1 degree resolution data on wet and dry deposition processes.

Use Cases

• Modeling global black carbon transport and deposition based on Lagrangian particle dispersion simulations.
• Analyzing atmospheric aerosol concentrations for climate impact studies based on daily global data.
• Validating satellite or ground-based aerosol measurements against model outputs based on the FLEXPART simulation.
• Studying wet and dry deposition processes of black carbon based on the combined deposition data.

Strengths

• Data is derived from the open-source FLEXPART model version 10.4, which is freely available.
• Provides global coverage at a 1x1 degree spatial resolution.
• Includes both concentration and combined wet+dry deposition data.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect modeling bias inherent to the FLEXPART simulation approach.

Provenance

Source

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Collection Method

Simulation from the FLEXPART Lagrangian particle dispersion model.

Time Range

Daily temporal resolution.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-13 02:44:57.315513; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Global coverage.