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

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

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-11207-2016

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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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RC1: 'Aerosol extinction over Colorado', Anonymous Referee #1, 10 May 2016
- AC1: 'Response to Reviewer #1', Roya Bahreini, 08 Aug 2016
RC2: 'Anonymous Referee Comment', Anonymous Referee #2, 28 Jun 2016
- AC2: 'Response to Reviewer #2', Roya Bahreini, 08 Aug 2016

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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

AR by Roya Bahreini on behalf of the Authors (27 Aug 2016)

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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.