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Articles | Volume 20, issue 8
Articles | Volume 20, issue 8
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-4735-2020
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Articles | Volume 20, issue 8
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22 Apr 2020
Research article |  | 22 Apr 2020

Overview of aerosol optical properties over southern West Africa from DACCIWA aircraft measurements

Cyrielle Denjean, Thierry Bourrianne, Frederic Burnet, Marc Mallet, Nicolas Maury, Aurélie Colomb, Pamela Dominutti, Joel Brito, Régis Dupuy, Karine Sellegri, Alfons Schwarzenboeck, Cyrille Flamant, and Peter Knippertz

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This paper presents aircraft measurements of aerosol optical properties over southern West Africa. We show that aerosol optical properties in the boundary layer were dominated by a persistent biomass burning loading from the Southern Hemisphere. Biomass burning aerosols were more light absorbing that those previously measured in other areas (Amazonia, North America). Our study suggests that lens-coated black carbon particles were the dominant absorber for these biomass burning aerosols.
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