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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-2085-2017
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-2085-2017
Research article
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13 Feb 2017
Research article |  | 13 Feb 2017

60 years of UK visibility measurements: impact of meteorology and atmospheric pollutants on visibility

Ajit Singh, William J. Bloss, and Francis D. Pope

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Reduced visibility can indicate poor air quality. Using long-term visibility measurements, we explore the combined influence of aerosol particle and gas characteristics, and meteorology on long-term visibility. The measured data were fitted to a newly developed light-extinction model to generate predictions of historic aerosol and gas scattering and absorbing properties. This approach allows for estimation of historic aerosol properties where measurements are not available.
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