Chemical characteristics of brown carbon in atmospheric particles at a suburban site near Guangzhou, China

Qin, Yi Ming; Tan, Hao Bo; Li, Yong Jie; Li, Zhu Jie; Schurman, Misha I.; Liu, Li; Wu, Cheng; Chan, Chak K.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-16409-2018

Articles | Volume 18, issue 22

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-16409-2018

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-16409-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
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Articles | Volume 18, issue 22

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19 Nov 2018

Research article |

| 19 Nov 2018

Chemical characteristics of brown carbon in atmospheric particles at a suburban site near Guangzhou, China

Yi Ming Qin, Hao Bo Tan, Yong Jie Li, Zhu Jie Li, Misha I. Schurman, Li Liu, Cheng Wu, and Chak K. Chan

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RC1: 'Review comment', Anonymous Referee #1, 24 Aug 2018
- AC1: 'Response to reviewer #1', Yiming Qin, 29 Oct 2018
RC2: 'review of Qin et al.', Anonymous Referee #2, 27 Aug 2018
- AC2: 'Response to reviewer #2', Yiming Qin, 29 Oct 2018
RC3: 'Review of Qin et al.', Anonymous Referee #3, 29 Aug 2018
- AC3: 'Response to reviewer #3', Yiming Qin, 29 Oct 2018

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We developed the relationship between the chemical and optical characteristics of BrC in Guangzhou, China. We determined wavelength-dependent mass absorption coefficients of organic aerosol with different sources. The BrC absorption coefficient was associated with N-containing ion fragments and depended on their degrees of unsaturation/cyclization and oxygenation.