Seasonal Variation of Columnar Aerosol Optical Properties in Yangtze River Delta in China

• Published in: Advances in atmospheric sciences Vol. 28; no. 6; pp. 1326 - 1335
• Main Author: 于兴娜 朱彬 银燕 樊曙先 陈爱军
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Heidelberg SP Science Press 01.11.2011; Springer Nature B.V; Key Laboratory of Meteorological Disaster of Ministry of Education, Department of Atmospheric Physics,Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing 210044%CMA Key Laboratory for Atmospheric Physics and Environment,Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing 210044
• Subjects: Aerosols; Albedo; Atmospheric aerosols; Atmospheric Sciences; Autumn; Brackish; Earth and Environmental Science; Earth Sciences; Freshwater; Geophysics/Geodesy; Meteorology; Optical analysis; Optical properties; River basins; Rivers; Seasonal variations; Spring; Summer; Winter; 中国; 光学特性; 单散射反照率; 季节变化; 折射率虚部; 柱状; 气溶胶光学厚度; 长江三角洲地区; Yangtze River Delta; China; China, People's Rep., Changjiang R; AERONET; Yangtze River Delta; aerosol optical properties
• ISSN: 0256-1530; 1861-9533
• DOI: 10.1007/s00376-011-0158-9

In order to understand the seasonal variation of aerosol optical properties in the Yangtze River Delta,5 years of measurements were conducted during September 2005 to December 2009 at Taihu,China.The monthly averages of aerosol optical depth were commonly 0.6;the maximum seasonal average（0.93） occurred in summer.The magnitude of the Angstr¨om exponent was found to be high throughout the year;the highest values occurred in autumn（1.33） and were the lowest in spring（1.08）.The fine modes of volume size distribution showed the maxima（peaks） at a radius of ～0.15 μm in spring,autumn,and winter;at a radius of ～0.22 μm in summer.The coarse modes showed the maxima（peaks） at a radius of 2.9 μm in spring,summer,and autumn and at a radius of 3.8 μm in winter.The averages of single-scattering albedo were 0.92（spring）,0.92（summer）,0.91（autumn）,and 0.88（winter）.The averages of asymmetry factor were found to be larger in summer than during other seasons;they were taken as 0.66 at 440-1020 nm over Taihu.The real part of the refractive index showed a weak seasonal variation,with averages of 1.48（spring）,1.43（summer）,1.45（autumn）,and 1.48（winter）.The imaginary parts of the refractive index were higher in winter（0.013） than in spring（0.0076）,summer（0.0092）,and autumn（0.0091）,indicating that the atmosphere in the winter had higher absorbtivity.