Aerosol optical properties in the southeastern United States in summer  &ndash; Part 2: Sensitivity of aerosol optical depth to relative humidity and aerosol  parameters

Brock, Charles A.; Wagner, Nicholas L.; Anderson, Bruce E.; Beyersdorf, Andreas; Campuzano-Jost, Pedro; Day, Douglas A.; Diskin, Glenn S.; Gordon, Timothy D.; Jimenez, Jose L.; Lack, Daniel A.; Liao, Jin; Markovic, Milos Z.; Middlebrook, Ann M.; Perring, Anne E.; Richardson, Matthews S.; Schwarz, Joshua P.; Welti, Andre; Ziemba, Luke D.; Murphy, Daniel M.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-5009-2016

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-5009-2016

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-5009-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 16, issue 8

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22 Apr 2016

Research article |

| 22 Apr 2016

Aerosol optical properties in the southeastern United States in summer – Part 2: Sensitivity of aerosol optical depth to relative humidity and aerosol parameters

Charles A. Brock, Nicholas L. Wagner, Bruce E. Anderson, Andreas Beyersdorf, Pedro Campuzano-Jost, Douglas A. Day, Glenn S. Diskin, Timothy D. Gordon, Jose L. Jimenez, Daniel A. Lack, Jin Liao, Milos Z. Markovic, Ann M. Middlebrook, Anne E. Perring, Matthews S. Richardson, Joshua P. Schwarz, Andre Welti, Luke D. Ziemba, and Daniel M. Murphy

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RC C11227: 'A review', Anonymous Referee #1, 06 Jan 2016
RC C12689: 'Interactive comment on “Aerosol optical properties in the southeastern United States in summer – Part 2: Sensitivity of aerosol optical depth to relative humidity and aerosol parameters” by C. A. Brock et al. Anonymous refereet', Anonymous Referee #2, 23 Feb 2016
- AC C13297: 'Response to Reviewer #1', Charles Brock, 24 Mar 2016
- AC C13300: 'Response to Reviewer #2', Charles Brock, 24 Mar 2016

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AR by Charles Brock on behalf of the Authors (25 Mar 2016) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (11 Apr 2016) by Andreas Petzold

AR by Charles Brock on behalf of the Authors (12 Apr 2016)

Short summary

Two research aircraft made dozens of vertical profiles over rural areas in the southeastern US in summer 2013. These measurements show that, in addition to how much pollution was present and how moist the atmosphere was, the size of the pollutant particles affected how much sunlight was reflected back to space. These measurements will help climate modelers determine which characteristics of pollution are important to predict with accuracy.