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Aerosol optical, chemical and physical properties at Gosan, Korea during Asian dust and pollution episodes in 2001

Aerosol optical, chemical and physical properties at Gosan, Korea during Asian dust and pollution episodes in 2001

Authors :
Kim, Sang-Woo
Yoon, Soon-Chang
Jefferson, Anne
Ogren, John A.
Dutton, Ellsworth G.
Won, Jae-Gwang
Ghim, Young Sung
Lee, Byung-Il
Han, Jin-Seok
Source :
Atmospheric Environment. Jan2005, Vol. 39 Issue 1, p39-50. 12p.
Publication Year :
2005

Abstract

Abstract: In order to understand the influence of dust and anthropogenic pollution aerosols on regional climate in East Asia, we analyzed the aerosol optical, chemical and physical properties for two cases with high aerosol loading and assessed the radiative forcing of these cases. The 1st case study is a heavy dust episode (DE) in April (during ACE-Asia) 2001 and the 2nd case is a regional-scale pollution event in November 2001. The Ångström exponent (Å) for DE was 0.38 from sunphotometer measurements. The mean single scattering albedo (550nm) at the surface reported during the pollution episode (PE, 0.88) was lower than that of DE (0.91). The concentrations of organic (OC) and elemental carbon (EC) measured during the PE were about 90% and 30% higher than DE. The aerosol mass scattering efficiency (αs) of PE is a factor of about 2 higher than that of the DE. The difference in the mass absorption efficiency (αa) of EC during DE and PE is small and within the measurement uncertainty. The diurnally averaged aerosol radiative forcing efficiency (ΔDFE, Wm-2τ-1) during DE is similar to results of other studies at Gosan. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
13522310
Volume :
39
Issue :
1
Database :
Academic Search Index
Journal :
Atmospheric Environment
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
15549738
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2004.09.056