Microphysical, chemical and optical aerosol properties in the Baltic Sea region

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• 作者：Ü ; lle Kikas ; Aivo Reinart ; Anna Pugatshova ; Eduard Tamm ; Vidmantas Ulevicius
• 关键词：Aerosol types ; Size distribution ; Chemical composition ; Radiative effect ; UV radiation
• 刊名：Atmospheric Research
• 出版年：2008
• 出版时间：November-December 2008
• 年：2008
• 卷：90
• 期：2-4
• 页码：211-222
• 全文大小：900 K

文摘

The microphysical structure, chemical composition and prehistory of aerosol are related to the aerosol optical properties and radiative effect in the UV spectral range. The aim of this work is the statistical mapping of typical aerosol scenarios and adjustment of regional aerosol parameters. The investigation is based on the in situ measurements in Preila (55.55° N, 21.00° E), Lithuania, and the AERONET data from the Gustav Dalen Tower (58 N, 17 E), Sweden.

Clustering of multiple characteristics enabled to distinguish three aerosol types for clear-sky periods: 1) clean maritime–continental aerosol; 2) moderately polluted maritime–continental aerosol; 3) polluted continental aerosol. Differences between these types are due to significant differences in aerosol number and volume concentration, effective radius of volume distribution, content of SO₄⁻ ions and Black Carbon, as well as different vertical profiles of atmospheric relative humidity. The UV extinction, aerosol optical depth (AOD) and the Ångstrom coefficient α increased with the increasing pollution. The value α = 1.96 was observed in the polluted continental aerosol that has passed over central and eastern Europe and southern Russia. Reduction of the clear-sky UV index against the aerosol-free atmosphere was of 4.5 % , 27 % and 41 % for the aerosol types 1, 2 and 3, respectively.