Contributions of dust and biomass burning to aerosols at a Colorado mountain-top site

Hallar, A. G.; Petersen, R.; Andrews, E.; Michalsky, J.; McCubbin, I. B.; Ogren, J. A.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-15-13665-2015

Articles | Volume 15, issue 23

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-15-13665-2015

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-15-13665-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 15, issue 23

Research article

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10 Dec 2015

Research article |

| 10 Dec 2015

Contributions of dust and biomass burning to aerosols at a Colorado mountain-top site

A. G. Hallar, R. Petersen, E. Andrews, J. Michalsky, I. B. McCubbin, and J. A. Ogren

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RC C6591: 'Review', Anonymous Referee #1, 05 Sep 2015
- AC C8852: 'Response to Reviewer #1', Anna Gannet Hallar, 02 Nov 2015
RC C7017: 'Review of paper “Contributions of Dust and Biomass-burning to Aerosols at a Colorado Mountain-top Site” by Hallar et al.', Anonymous Referee #2, 19 Sep 2015
- AC C8857: 'Response to Reviewer #2', Anna Gannet Hallar, 02 Nov 2015

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ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (19 Nov 2015) by Andreas Petzold

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The atmospheric seasonal impact of dust and biomass burning is considered for the western United States from 1999 to 2014. Median contributions to spring and summer aerosol optical depth (AOD) from dust and biomass-burning aerosols are comparable, with more frequent and short duration high AOD measurements due to biomass-burning episodes in summer than in spring. This data set highlights the wide scale implications of a warmer, drier climate on visibility in the western US.