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Aerosol Properties And Chemical Apportionment Of Aerosol Optical Depth At Locations Off The U.S. East Coast In July And August 2001, Brian I. Magi, Peter V. Hobbs, Thomas W. Kirchstetter, Tihomir Novakov, Dean A. Hegg, Song Gao, Jens Redemann, Beat Schmid

Chemistry and Physics Faculty Articles

Airborne in situ measurements of vertical profiles of the aerosol light scattering coefficient, light absorption coefficient, and single scattering albedo (ω₀) are presented for locations off the East Coast of the United States in July–August 2001. The profiles were obtained in relatively clean air, dominated by airflows that had passed over Canada and the Atlantic Ocean. Comparisons of aerosol optical depths (AODs) at 550 nm derived from airborne in situ and sun-photometer measurements agree, on average, to within 0.034 ± 0.021. A frequency distribution of ω₀ measured in the atmospheric boundary layer off the coast yields …