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ATMOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENT
卷 41, 期 16, 页码 3407-3427出版社
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2006.12.012
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mass scattering efficiencies; aerosol mass; organic aerosols; aerosol measurements
The Interagency Monitoring of Protected Visual Environments (IMPROVE) protocols for reconstructing the ambient light extinction coefficient (b(ext)) from measured aerosol species are the basis for evaluating compliance under the Regional Haze Rule. Aerosol mass composition and optical properties have been measured as part of the IMPROVE program since 1988, providing a long-term data set of aerosol properties at 38 sites around the US. This data set is used to evaluate assumptions made in calculating reconstructed mass and b(ext) by applying statistical analysis techniques. In particular, the molecular weight to carbon weight ratio used to compute particulate organic matter is investigated. An annual average value of 1.7 +/- 0.2 for the IMPROVE sites, compared to the value of 1.4 currently assumed in the IMPROVE algorithm, is derived. Regression analysis also indicates that fine soil mass concentrations are underestimated by roughly 20% on average. Finally, aerosol mass scattering and extinction efficiencies assumed in the IMPROVE reconstructed beat protocol are examined. Fine mode (D-p < 2.5 mu m) mass scattering efficiencies have a functional dependence on mass concentrations at many sites, and use of a mass-concentration-dependent adjustment factor to refine the assumed efficiencies provides for closer agreement between measured and reconstructed b(ext). (C) 2007 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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