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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-9435-2016
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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-9435-2016
© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Research article
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29 Jul 2016
Research article |
| 29 Jul 2016
Evaluating model parameterizations of submicron aerosol scattering and absorption with in situ data from ARCTAS 2008
Matthew J. Alvarado
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Atmospheric and Environmental Research, Lexington,
Massachusetts, USA
Chantelle R. Lonsdale
Atmospheric and Environmental Research, Lexington,
Massachusetts, USA
Helen L. Macintyre
Center for Global Change Science, Massachusetts Institute
of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
now at: Public Health England, Chilton, Oxfordshire,
UK
Huisheng Bian
Goddard Earth Sciences and Technology Joint Center for
Earth Systems Technology, University of Maryland Baltimore County,
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland,
USA
Mian Chin
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland,
USA
David A. Ridley
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts,
USA
Colette L. Heald
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts,
USA
Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Science,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts,
USA
Kenneth L. Thornhill
NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, Virginia,
USA
Bruce E. Anderson
NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, Virginia,
USA
Michael J. Cubison
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, and Cooperative
Institute for Research in the Environmental Sciences, University of
Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, USA
now at: Tofwerk AG, Thun, Switzerland
Jose L. Jimenez
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, and Cooperative
Institute for Research in the Environmental Sciences, University of
Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, USA
Yutaka Kondo
Department of Earth and Planetary Science, University of
Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Lokesh K. Sahu
Department of Earth and Planetary Science, University of
Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Jack E. Dibb
Department of Earth Sciences and Institute for the Study
of Earth, Oceans, and Space, University of New Hampshire, Durham, New
Hampshire, USA
Chien Wang
Center for Global Change Science, Massachusetts Institute
of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
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Short summary
Understanding the scattering and absorption of light by aerosols is necessary for understanding air quality and climate change. We used data from the 2008 ARCTAS campaign to evaluate aerosol optical property models using a closure methodology that separates errors in these models from other errors in aerosol emissions, chemistry, or transport. We find that the models on average perform reasonably well, and make suggestions for how remaining biases could be reduced.
Understanding the scattering and absorption of light by aerosols is necessary for understanding...
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