Wet deposition of black carbon, global observations, 1984-2016

This dataset contains empirical measurements of rainfall black carbon (BC) concentrations and deposition conducted as part of 20 peer-reviewed publications. For each selected publication, the following variables are included: author, publication year, site name, country, geographical location of the sampling site (i.e., coordinates, elevation, distance to coast), land use, location relative to coast, collection season, collector type, analytical method, sample size, rainfall BC concentration, rainfall BC deposition, and atmospheric BC concentration. The data were compiled to 1) quantify the mean and range of reported rainfall BC concentrations and deposition rates; and 2) examine differences in rainfall BC concentrations and deposition rates among urban, rural, and remote locations