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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-11625-2020
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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-11625-2020
© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Aerosol light absorption and the role of extremely low volatility organic compounds
Antonios Tasoglou
Department of Chemical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University,
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
RJ Lee Group, Inc., Monroeville, Pennsylvania, USA
Evangelos Louvaris
Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Patras, Patras,
Greece
Institute of Chemical Engineering Sciences (ICE-HT), FORTH, Patras,
Greece
Kalliopi Florou
Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Patras, Patras,
Greece
Institute of Chemical Engineering Sciences (ICE-HT), FORTH, Patras,
Greece
Aikaterini Liangou
Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Patras, Patras,
Greece
Institute of Chemical Engineering Sciences (ICE-HT), FORTH, Patras,
Greece
Eleni Karnezi
Department of Chemical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University,
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Christos Kaltsonoudis
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University,
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Ningxin Wang
Department of Chemical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University,
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Spyros N. Pandis
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Department of Chemical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University,
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Patras, Patras,
Greece
Institute of Chemical Engineering Sciences (ICE-HT), FORTH, Patras,
Greece
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Short summary
A month-long set of summertime measurements in a remote area in the Mediterranean is used to quantify aerosol absorption. The measured light absorption was two or more times higher than that of fresh black carbon. The absorption enhancement due to the coating of black carbon cores by other aerosol components could explain only part of this absorption enhancement. The rest was due to brown carbon, mostly in the form of extremely low volatility organic compounds.
A month-long set of summertime measurements in a remote area in the Mediterranean is used to...
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