Physics
Scientific paper
Mar 2006
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2006georl..3306813b&link_type=abstract
Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 33, Issue 6, CiteID L06813
Physics
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Atmospheric Composition And Structure: Aerosols And Particles (0345, 4801, 4906), Atmospheric Composition And Structure: Radiation: Transmission And Scattering, Global Change: Atmosphere (0315, 0325), Atmospheric Processes: Regional Modeling
Scientific paper
We have measured the relative humidity dependence of aerosol light extinction (fσ(ep)(80%RH, Dry)) at 532 nm for non-absorbing surrogate atmospheric aerosols to determine the influence of particle size, composition (inorganic vs. organic), and mixing state (internal vs. external) on aerosol light scattering. We present results for mixtures of NaCl and (NH4)2SO4 with a few dicarboxylic acids. For atmospheric conditions the variability in the RH dependence of aerosol light scattering (fσ(sp)(RH, Dry)) is most sensitive to aerosol composition and size. The influence of the mixing state on fσ(sp)(RH, Dry) is small. These laboratory results imply that fσ(sp)(RH, Dry) can be reasonably estimated from the aerosol size distribution and composition (inorganic/organic) using the mass-weighted average of fσ(sp)(RH, Dry) for the individual components.
Baynard Tahllee
Garland R. M.
Lovejoy Edward R.
Ravishankara A. R.
Tolbert Margaret A.
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