Articles | Volume 16, issue 17
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-11207-2016
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-11207-2016
Research article
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12 Sep 2016
Research article |  | 12 Sep 2016

Aerosol optical extinction during the Front Range Air Pollution and Photochemistry Éxperiment (FRAPPÉ) 2014 summertime field campaign, Colorado, USA

Justin H. Dingle, Kennedy Vu, Roya Bahreini, Eric C. Apel, Teresa L. Campos, Frank Flocke, Alan Fried, Scott Herndon, Alan J. Hills, Rebecca S. Hornbrook, Greg Huey, Lisa Kaser, Denise D. Montzka, John B. Nowak, Mike Reeves, Dirk Richter, Joseph R. Roscioli, Stephen Shertz, Meghan Stell, David Tanner, Geoff Tyndall, James Walega, Petter Weibring, and Andrew Weinheimer

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AR by Roya Bahreini on behalf of the Authors (08 Aug 2016)  Author's response    Manuscript
ED: Reconsider after minor revisions (Editor review) (09 Aug 2016) by Jason Surratt
AR by Roya Bahreini on behalf of the Authors (09 Aug 2016)  Author's response    Manuscript
ED: Publish as is (21 Aug 2016) by Jason Surratt
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The focus of this paper was to use gas-phase tracers and aerosol composition to characterize the influence of the different sources on optical extinction (RH = 22 %) and summertime visibility in the Colorado Front Range. Our analysis indicates that aerosol nitrate contributed significantly to optical extinction in agriculturally influenced air masses, while in other plumes, organics could explain most of the observed variability in optical extinction.
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