Influence of water uptake on the aerosol particle light scattering coefficients of the Central European aerosol

Paul Zieger; Rahel Fierz-Schmidhauser; Laurent Poulain; Thomas Müller; Wolfram Birmili; Gerald Spindler; Alfred Wiedensohler; Urs Baltensperger; Ernest Weingartner

doi:10.3402/tellusb.v66.22716

Influence of water uptake on the aerosol particle light scattering coefficients of the Central European aerosol

Tellus B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology

Volume 66 (2014): Issue 1

By: Paul Zieger, Rahel Fierz-Schmidhauser, Laurent Poulain, Thomas Müller, Wolfram Birmili, Gerald Spindler, Alfred Wiedensohler, Urs Baltensperger and Ernest Weingartner

Open Access

|Jan 2014

Abstract

The influence of aerosol water uptake on the aerosol particle light scattering was examined at the regional continental research site Melpitz, Germany. The scattering enhancement factorf(RH), defined as the aerosol particle scattering coefficient at a certain relative humidity (RH) divided by its dry value, was measured using a humidified nephelometer. The chemical composition and other microphysical properties were measured in parallel.f(RH) showed a strong variation, e.g. with values between 1.2 and 3.6 at RH=85% and λ=550 nm. The chemical composition was found to be the main factor determining the magnitude off(RH), since the magnitude off(RH) clearly correlated with the inorganic mass fraction measured by an aerosol mass spectrometer (AMS). Hysteresis within the recorded humidograms was observed and explained by long-range transported sea salt. A closure study using Mie theory showed the consistency of the measured parameters.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusb.v66.22716 | Journal eISSN: 1600-0889

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Submitted on: Aug 29, 2013

Accepted on: Feb 14, 2014

Published on: Jan 1, 2014

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Keywords:

aerosol particle light scattering,

hygroscopic growth,

scattering enhancement,

aerosol mass spectrometer,

field measurements,

optical closure study

© 2014 Paul Zieger, Rahel Fierz-Schmidhauser, Laurent Poulain, Thomas Müller, Wolfram Birmili, Gerald Spindler, Alfred Wiedensohler, Urs Baltensperger, Ernest Weingartner, published by Stockholm University Press
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