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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-15023-2021
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the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
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Ambient aerosol properties in the remote atmosphere from global-scale in situ measurements
Charles A. Brock
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Chemical Sciences Laboratory, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, Boulder, Colorado 80305, USA
Karl D. Froyd
Chemical Sciences Laboratory, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, Boulder, Colorado 80305, USA
Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences,
University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309, USA
Maximilian Dollner
Faculty of Physics, Aerosol Physics and Environmental Physics, University of Vienna, Vienna, 1090, Austria
Christina J. Williamson
Chemical Sciences Laboratory, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, Boulder, Colorado 80305, USA
Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences,
University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309, USA
Gregory Schill
Chemical Sciences Laboratory, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, Boulder, Colorado 80305, USA
Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences,
University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309, USA
Daniel M. Murphy
Chemical Sciences Laboratory, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, Boulder, Colorado 80305, USA
Nicholas J. Wagner
Chemical Sciences Laboratory, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, Boulder, Colorado 80305, USA
Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences,
University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309, USA
Agnieszka Kupc
Faculty of Physics, Aerosol Physics and Environmental Physics, University of Vienna, Vienna, 1090, Austria
Jose L. Jimenez
Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences,
University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309, USA
Department of Chemistry, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado
80309, USA
Pedro Campuzano-Jost
Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences,
University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309, USA
Department of Chemistry, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado
80309, USA
Benjamin A. Nault
Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences,
University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309, USA
Department of Chemistry, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado
80309, USA
Jason C. Schroder
Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences,
University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309, USA
Department of Chemistry, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado
80309, USA
Douglas A. Day
Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences,
University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309, USA
Department of Chemistry, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado
80309, USA
Derek J. Price
Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences,
University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309, USA
Department of Chemistry, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado
80309, USA
Bernadett Weinzierl
Faculty of Physics, Aerosol Physics and Environmental Physics, University of Vienna, Vienna, 1090, Austria
Joshua P. Schwarz
Chemical Sciences Laboratory, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, Boulder, Colorado 80305, USA
Joseph M. Katich
Chemical Sciences Laboratory, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, Boulder, Colorado 80305, USA
Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences,
University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309, USA
Siyuan Wang
Chemical Sciences Laboratory, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, Boulder, Colorado 80305, USA
Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences,
University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309, USA
Linghan Zeng
School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Georgia Institute of
Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332, USA
Rodney Weber
School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Georgia Institute of
Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332, USA
Jack Dibb
Earth Systems Research Center, Institute for the Study of Earth,
Oceans, and Space, University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire 03824, USA
Eric Scheuer
Earth Systems Research Center, Institute for the Study of Earth,
Oceans, and Space, University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire 03824, USA
Glenn S. Diskin
Langley Research Center, National Aeronautics and Space
Administration, Hampton, Virginia 23681, USA
Joshua P. DiGangi
Langley Research Center, National Aeronautics and Space
Administration, Hampton, Virginia 23681, USA
ThaoPaul Bui
Ames Research Center, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Moffett Field, California 94035, USA
Jonathan M. Dean-Day
Bay Area Environment Research Institute, Moffett Field, California
94035, USA
Chelsea R. Thompson
Chemical Sciences Laboratory, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, Boulder, Colorado 80305, USA
Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences,
University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309, USA
Jeff Peischl
Chemical Sciences Laboratory, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, Boulder, Colorado 80305, USA
Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences,
University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309, USA
Thomas B. Ryerson
Chemical Sciences Laboratory, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, Boulder, Colorado 80305, USA
Ilann Bourgeois
Chemical Sciences Laboratory, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, Boulder, Colorado 80305, USA
Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences,
University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309, USA
Bruce C. Daube
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University,
Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA
Róisín Commane
School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University,
Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA
now at: Earth and Environmental Sciences, Lamont–Doherty Earth
Observatory, Columbia University, Palisades, New York 10964, USA
Steven C. Wofsy
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University,
Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA
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The Atmospheric Tomography Mission was an airborne study that mapped the chemical composition of the remote atmosphere. From this, we developed a comprehensive description of aerosol properties that provides a unique, global-scale dataset against which models can be compared. The data show the polluted nature of the remote atmosphere in the Northern Hemisphere and quantify the contributions of sea salt, dust, soot, biomass burning particles, and pollution particles to the haziness of the sky.
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