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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
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Research article
| 
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
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory, Boulder, Colorado,
USA
Nicholas L. Wagner
NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory, Boulder, Colorado,
USA
Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental
Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, USA
Bruce E. Anderson
NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, Virginia,
USA
Andreas Beyersdorf
NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, Virginia,
USA
Pedro Campuzano-Jost
Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental
Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, USA
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of
Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, USA
Douglas A. Day
Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental
Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, USA
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of
Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, USA
Glenn S. Diskin
NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, Virginia,
USA
Timothy D. Gordon
NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory, Boulder, Colorado,
USA
Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental
Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, USA
now at: Handix Scientific LLC, Boulder, Colorado,
USA
Jose L. Jimenez
Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental
Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, USA
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of
Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, USA
Daniel A. Lack
NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory, Boulder, Colorado,
USA
Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental
Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, USA
now at: TEAC Consulting, Brisbane,
Australia
Jin Liao
NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory, Boulder, Colorado,
USA
Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental
Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, USA
now at: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt,
Maryland, USA
Milos Z. Markovic
NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory, Boulder, Colorado,
USA
Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental
Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, USA
now at: Air Quality Research Division, Environment
Canada, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Ann M. Middlebrook
NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory, Boulder, Colorado,
USA
Anne E. Perring
NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory, Boulder, Colorado,
USA
Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental
Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, USA
Matthews S. Richardson
NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory, Boulder, Colorado,
USA
Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental
Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, USA
Joshua P. Schwarz
NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory, Boulder, Colorado,
USA
Andre Welti
NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory, Boulder, Colorado,
USA
Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental
Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, USA
now at: Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research,
Department of Physics, Leipzig, Germany
Luke D. Ziemba
NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, Virginia,
USA
Daniel M. Murphy
NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory, Boulder, Colorado,
USA
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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.
Two research aircraft made dozens of vertical profiles over rural areas in the southeastern US...
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