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ADVANCES IN ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES
Volume 27, Issue 4, Pages 947-956Publisher
SCIENCE PRESS
DOI: 10.1007/s00376-009-9150-z
Keywords
atmospheric aerosol; hygroscopic growth factor; closure experiment; Pearl River Delta campaign
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- Ministry of Science and Technology of China [2006AA06A306, 2005CB422207]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [40675082, 40905055]
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Measurements of aerosol physical, chemical and optical parameters were carried out in Guangzhou, China from 1 July to 31 July 2006 during the Pearl River Delta Campaign. The dry aerosol scattering coefficient was measured using an integrating nephelometer and the aerosol scattering coefficient for wet conditions was determined by subtracting the sum of the aerosol absorption coefficient, gas scattering coefficient and gas absorption coefficient from the atmospheric extinction coefficient. Following this, the aerosol hygroscopic growth factor, f(RH), was calculated as the ratio of wet and dry aerosol scattering coefficients. Measurements of size-resolved chemical composition, relative humidity (RH), and published functional relationships between particle chemical composition and water uptake were likewise used to find the aerosol scattering coefficients in wet and dry conditions using Mie theory for internally- or externally-mixed particle species [(NH4)(2)SO4, NH4NO3, NaCl, POM, EC and residue]. Closure was obtained by comparing the measured f(RH) values from the nephelometer and other in situ optical instruments with those computed from chemical composition and thermodynamics. Results show that the model can represent the observed f(RH) and is appropriate for use as a component in other higher-order models.
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