scholarly journals Estimation of Aerosol Columnar Size Distribution from Spectral Extinction Data in Coastal and Maritime Environment

Atmosphere ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (11) ◽  
pp. 1412
Author(s):  
Evgueni Kassianov ◽  
Mikhail Pekour ◽  
James Barnard ◽  
Connor J. Flynn ◽  
Fan Mei ◽  
...  

Aerosol columnar size distributions (SDs) are commonly provided by aerosol inversions based on measurements of both spectral extinction and sky radiance. These inversions developed for a fully clear sky offer few SDs for areas with abundant clouds. Here, we estimate SDs from spectral extinction data alone for cloudy coastal and maritime regions using aerosol refractive index (RI) obtained from chemical composition data. Our estimation involves finding volume and mean radius of lognormally distributed modes of an assumed bimodal size distribution through fitting of the spectral extinction data. We demonstrate that vertically integrated SDs obtained from aircraft measurements over a coastal site have distinct seasonal changes, and these changes are captured reasonably well by the estimated columnar SDs. We also demonstrate that similar seasonal changes occur at a maritime site, and columnar SDs retrieved from the combined extinction and sky radiance measurements are approximated quite well by their extinction only counterparts (correlation exceeds 0.9) during a 7-year period (2013–2019). The level of agreement between the estimated and retrieved SDs depends weakly on wavelength selection within a given spectral interval (roughly 0.4–1 µm). Since the extinction-based estimations can be performed frequently for partly cloudy skies, the number of periods where SDs can be found is greatly increased.

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna Nikandrova ◽  
Ksenia Tabakova ◽  
Antti Manninen ◽  
Riikka Väänänen ◽  
Tuukka Petäjä ◽  
...  

Abstract. Understanding the distribution of aerosol layers is important for determining long range transport and aerosol radiative forcing. In this study we combine airborne in situ measurements of aerosol with data obtained by a ground-based High Spectral Resolution Lidar (HSRL) and radiosonde profiles to investigate the temporal and vertical variability of aerosol properties in the lower troposphere. The HSRL was deployed in Hyytiälä, Southern Finland, from January to September 2014 as a part of the US DoE ARM (Atmospheric Radiation Measurement) mobile facility during the BAECC (Biogenic Aerosols – Effects on Cloud and Climate) Campaign. Two flight campaigns took place in April and August 2014 with instruments measuring the aerosol size distribution from 10 nm to 10 µm at altitudes up to 3800 m. Two case studies from the flight campaigns, when several aerosol layers were identified, were selected for further investigation: one clear sky case, and one partly cloudy case. During the clear sky case, turbulent mixing ensured low temporal and spatial variability in the measured aerosol size distribution in the boundary layer whereas mixing was not as homogeneous in the boundary layer during the partly cloudy case. The elevated layers exhibited greater temporal and spatial variability in aerosol size distribution, indicating a lack of mixing. New particle formation was observed in the boundary layer during the clear sky case, and nucleation mode particles were also seen in the elevated layers that were not mixing with the boundary layer. Interpreting local measurements of elevated layers in terms of long-range transport can be achieved using back trajectories from Lagrangian models, but care should be taken in selecting appropriate arrival heights, since the modelled and observed layer heights did not always coincide. We conclude that higher confidence in attributing elevated aerosol layers with their air mass origin is attained when back trajectories are combined with lidar and radiosonde profiles.


2021 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
pp. 7-17
Author(s):  
Manas Kanti Deb ◽  
Mithlesh Mahilang ◽  
Jayant Nirmalkar

Size fractionated atmospheric aerosols were collected using cascade impactor sampler on quartz flter substrate during October 2015 to February 2016 in campus of Pt Ravishankar Shukla University of Raipur Chhattisgarh. The size of aerosol particles is of crucial importance to several processes in the atmosphere. The relative concentrations in both modes are responsible for the variability observed in the shape of the size distribution. Characteristic size distributions of measured aerosol over central India showed identifcation of three main behaviour types during entire study period: (i) month in which bimodal size distribution dominated in coarse mode (October 2015, 5 December 2015 and January, 2016), (ii) those months in which bimodal distribution equally intense in both one, and coarse modes (November, 2015) and (iii) those which were mainly dominated within fine (February, 2016, December, 2015). The two-subsequent month namely November 2015 and December 2015 shows bimodal size distribution with dominance in fine size range in comparison to coarse mode, possibly these high loading of one particles is due to long range transport. The peculiar observation of air trajectory shows that there is increase in fine particles concentration during December 2015, although there in increase in temperature and wind speed. The reason for this high concentration is long range transport of air masses. However, January has normal trend in particular matter concentration. The important finding of the present study based on characteristic size distribution and air trajectory plots accomplishes that fine particles are obtained through long range transport whereas coarse particles are mainly from local origin.


2009 ◽  
Vol 105 (2) ◽  
pp. 024303 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. H. Magruder ◽  
S. J. Robinson ◽  
C. Smith ◽  
A. Meldrum ◽  
A. Halabica ◽  
...  

2005 ◽  
Vol 87 (14) ◽  
pp. 143108 ◽  
Author(s):  
Young-Jun Yu ◽  
In-Taek Jeong ◽  
Jong-Chun Woo ◽  
Wonho Jhe

2006 ◽  
Vol 111 (D21) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hélène Brogniez ◽  
Rémy Roca ◽  
Laurence Picon
Keyword(s):  

2015 ◽  
Vol 7 (11) ◽  
pp. 920-929 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Majerič ◽  
Darja Jenko ◽  
Bojan Budič ◽  
Sergej Tomić ◽  
Miodrag Čolić ◽  
...  

2008 ◽  
Vol 569 ◽  
pp. 289-292
Author(s):  
Takanori Watari ◽  
Katsuhiro Ogawa ◽  
Toshio Torikai ◽  
Mitsunori Yada ◽  
Masaki Akiyama ◽  
...  

Porous plate with bimodal size distribution was prepared using the molten slag from the incinerator. The slag was pulverized to 1-10μm using a planetary ball mill. On heating the pellet formed with this powder, its relative density at 750°C and 800°C were 70% and 85%, respectively. At 750°C, each particle partially attached together at the contacted point. At 800°C, however, all particles melted, coagulated together and increased their size. The slag powder was granulated using a tumbling granulator, resulting granules of 0.5-5mm size. The compressive strength of the granule sintered at 750°C was 0.39 kgf. The density of the granule decreased by ~60%. The sintered granules were mixed with a proper amount of glass powder and starch water, and the slurry was cast to a mold (φ80mmx10mm). After drying the cast plate, it was heated at 630°C. The density of the plate was 1.2 gcm-3, ~43% of original slag value. The sound absorption coefficients of the plate were 0.02 and 0.4 at 200Hz and 1500Hz, respectively.


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