Relative contribution of submicron and supermicron particles to aerosol light scattering in the marine boundary layer

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 107, Issue 19, 2002, Pages

  Kleefeld, Christoph ^a   O'Dowd, Colin D ^a,b,c   O'Reilly, Sarah ^a   Jennings, S Gerard ^a   Aalto, Pasi ^b   Becker, Edo ^c,e   Kunz, Gerard ^d   De Leeuw, Gerrit ^d  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SUNDERLAND   (United Kingdom)

^d TNO   (Netherlands)

^e Department of Physical Sciences University of Helsinki ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Light scattering; Marine boundary layer; Mie theory; Particle size distribution; Sea salt aerosol

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; LIGHT SCATTERING; MEASUREMENT THEORY; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER);

AEROSOL; BOUNDARY LAYER; LIGHT SCATTERING; MIE THEORY; PARTICLE SIZE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (EAST);

EID: 33645038346     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000JD000262     Document Type: Article

References (37)

1. Anderson, T. L., and J. A. Ogren, Determining aerosol radiative properties using the TSI 3563 Integrating Nephelometer, Aerosol Sci. Technol., 29, 57-69, 1998.
2. Anderson, T. L., et al., Performance characteristics of a high-sensitivity, three-wavelength, total scatter/backscatter nephelometer, J. Atmos. Oceanic Technol., 13, 967-986, 1996.
3. Anderson, T. L., D. S. Covert, J. D. Wheeler, J. M. Harris, K. D. Perry, B. E. Trost, D. J. Jaffe, and J. A. Ogren, Aerosol backscatter fraction and single scatter albedo: Measured values and uncertainties at a coastal station in the Pacific Northwest, J. Geophys. Res., 104, 26,793-26,807, 1999.
4. Bohren, C. F. and D. R. Huffman, Absorption and Scattering of Light by Small Particles, John Wiley, New York, 1983.
5. Carrico, C. M., M. J. Rood, and J. A. Ogren, Aerosol light scattering properties at Cape Grim, Tasmania, during the First Aerosol Characterization Experiment (ACE 1), J. Geophys. Res., 103, 16,565-16,574, 1998.
6. De Bruyn, W. J., T. S. Bates, J. M. Cainey, and E. S. Saltzman, Shipboard measurements of dimethyl sulfide and SO2 southwest of Tasmania during the First Aerosol Characterization Experiment (ACE 1), J. Geophys. Res., 103, 16,703-16,711, 1998.
7. Exton, H. J., J. Latham, P. M. Park, S. J. Perry, M. H. Smith, and R. R. Allan, The production and dispersal of marine aerosol, Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc., 111, 817-837, 1985.
8. Fitzgerald, J. W., Marine aerosols: A review, Atmos. Environ., 25A, 533-545, 1991.
9. Hänel, G., The properties of atmospheric aerosol particles as functions of the relative humidity at thermodynamic equilibrium with the surrounding moist air, Adv. Geophys., 19, 73-188, 1976.
10. Hänel, G., and M. Lehmann, Equilibrium size of aerosol particles and relative humidity: New experimental data from various aerosol types and their treatment for cloud physics application, Contrib. Atmos. Phys., 54, 57-71, 1981.
11. Horvath, H., Influence of atmospheric aerosols upon the global radiation balance, in Atmospheric Particles, edited by R. M. Harrison and R. E. van Grieken, pp. 543-596, John Wiley, New York, 1998.
12. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), Climate Change 1994, edited by J. T. Houghton et al., Cambridge Univ. Press, New York, 1995.
13. Jennings, S. G., M. Geever, F. M. McGovern, J. Francis, T. G. Spain, and T. Donaghy, Microphysical and physicochemical characterization of atmospheric marine and continental aerosol at Mace Head, Atmos. Environ., 31, 2795-2808, 1997.
14. Kent, G. S., G. K. Yue, U. O. Farrukh, and A. Deepak, Modeling atmospheric aerosol backscatter at CO2 laser wavelength, 1, Aerosol properties, modeling techniques and associated problems, Appl. Opt., 22, 1655-1665, 1983.
15. Krivácsy, Z., A. Hoffer, Z. Sárvári, D. Temesi, U. Baltensperger, S. Nyeki, E. Weingartner, S. Kleefeld, and S. G. Jennings, Role of organic and black carbon in the chemical composition of atmospheric aerosol at European background sites, Atmos. Environ., 35, 6231-6244, 2001.
16. Kunz, G., G. de Leeuw, C. D. O'Dowd, and E. Becker, Lidar studies of the atmospheric boundary layer and locally generated sea spray aerosol plumes at Mace Head, J. Geophys. Res., 107, 10.1029/2001JD001240, in press, 2002.
17. Latham, J., and M. Smith, Effect on global warming of wind-dependant aerosol generation at the ocean surface, Nature, 347, 372-373, 1990.
18. McGrath, R., Trajectory models and their use in the Irish Meteorological Service, Internal Memo. 112/89, Irish Meteorol. Serv. (Met Éireann), Glasnevin Hill, Dublin, 1989.
19. Murphy, D. M., J. R. Anderson, P. K. Quinn, L. M. McInnes, F. J. Brechtel, S. M. Kreidenweis, A. M. Middlebrook, M. Posfai, D. S. Thomson, and P. R. Buseck, Influence of sea-salt on aerosol radiative properties in the Southern Ocean marine boundary layer, Nature, 392, 62-65, 1998.
20. O'Dowd, C. D., On the spatial extent and evolution of coastal aerosol plumes, J. Geophys. Res., 107, 10.1029/2001JD000422, in press, 2002.
21. O'Dowd, C. D., and M. H. Smith, Physicochemical properties of aerosol over the northeast Atlantic: Evidence for wind speed related submicron sea-salt aerosol production, J. Geophys. Res., 98, 1137-1149, 1993.
22. O'Dowd, C. D., M. H. Smith, and S. G. Jennings, Submicron particle, radon and soot carbon characteristics over the Northeast Atlantic, J. Geophys. Res., 98, 1123-1135, 1993.
23. O'Dowd, C. D., M. H. Smith, I. E. Consterdine, and J. A. Lowe, Marine aerosol, sea-salt, and the marine sulphur cycle: A short review, Atmos. Environ., 31, 73-80, 1997.
24. O'Dowd, C. D., M. Geever, M. K. Hill, S. G. Jennings, and M. H. Smith, New particle formation: Spatial scales and nucleation rates in the coastal environment, Geophys. Res. Lett., 25, 1661-1664, 1998.
25. Q'Dowd, C. D., J. A. Lowe, M. H. Smith, and A. D. Kaye, The relative importance of non-sea-salt sulphate and sea-salt-aerosol to the marine cloud condensation nuclei population: An improved multi-component aerosol-cloud droplet parameterization, Q.J.R. Meteorol. Soc., 125, 1295-1313, 1999a.
26. O'Dowd, G. D., et al., On the photochemical production of new particles in the coastal boundary layer, Geophys. Res. Lett., 26, 1707-1710, 1999b.
27. O'Dowd, C. D., et al., A dedicated study of New Particle Formation and Fate in the Coastal Environment (PARFORCE): Overview of objectives and achievements, J. Geophys. Res., 107, 10.1029/2001JD000555, in press, 2002a.
28. O'Dowd, C. D., et al., Coastal new particle formation: Environmental conditions and aerosol physicochemical characteristics during nucleation bursts, J. Geophys. Res., 107, 10.1029/2000JD000206, in press, 2002b.
29. O'Reilly, S., C. Kleefeld, and S. G. Jennings, Optical properties of the atmospheric aerosol at Mace Head, paper presented at the European Aerosol Conference, Prague, Czech Republic, 6-10 Sept., 1999.
30. Pilinis, C., and X. Li, Particle shape and internal inhomogeneity effects on the optical properties of tropospheric aerosols of relevance to climate forcing, J. Geophys. Res., 103, 3789-3800, 1998.
31. Quinn, P. K., V. N. Kapustin, T. S. Bates, and D. S. Covert, Chemical and optical properties of marine boundary layer aerosol particles of the mid-Pacific in relation to sources and meteorological transport, J. Geophys. Res., 101, 6931-6951, 1996.
32. Quinn, P. K., D. J. Coffman, V. N. Kapustin, T. S. Bates, and D. S. Covert, Aerosol optical properties in the marine boundary layer during the First Aerosol Characterization Experiment (ACE 1) and the underlying chemical and physical aerosol properties, J. Geophys. Res., 103, 16,547-16,563, 1998.
33. Quinn, P. K., D. J. Coffman, T. S. Bates, T. L. Miller, J. E. Johnson, K. Voss, E. J. Welton, and C. Neusüss, Dominant aerosol chemical components and their contribution to extinction during the Aerosols99 cruise across the Atlantic, J. Geophys. Res., 106, 20,783-20,810, 2001.
34. Tang, I. N., Chemical and size effects of hygroscopic aerosols on light scattering coefficients, J. Geophys. Res., 101, 19,245-19,250, 1996.
35. White, W. H., E. S. Macias, R. C. Nininger, and D. Schorran, Size-resolved measurements of light scattering by ambient particles in the southwestern U.S.A., Atmos. Environ., 28, 909-921, 1994.
36. Willeke, K., and P. A. Baron (Eds.), Aerosol Measurement: Principles, Techniques, and Applications, Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York, 1993.
37. Van Dingenen, R., F. Raes, and N. R. Jensen, Evidence for anthropogenic impact on number concentration and sulfate content of cloud-processed aerosol particles over the North Atlantic, J. Geophys. Res., 100, 21,057-21,067, 1995.