Characterization and source apportionment of aerosol light extinction in Chengdu, southwest China

• Published in: Atmospheric environment (1994) Vol. 95; pp. 552 - 562
• Main Authors: Tao, Jun, Zhang, Leiming, Cao, Junji, Hsu, Shih-Chieh, Xia, Xiangao, Zhang, Zhisheng, Lin, Zejian, Cheng, Tiantao, Zhang, Renjian
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Kidlington Elsevier Ltd 01.10.2014; Elsevier
• Subjects: absorption; Aerosol absorption coefficient; Aerosol scattering coefficient; aerosols; ammonium nitrate; ammonium sulfate; Applied sciences; atmospheric chemistry; Atmospheric pollution; basins; biomass; burning; carbon; chemical analysis; China; coal; combustion; Earth, ocean, space; equations; Exact sciences and technology; External geophysics; Hygroscopic growth; industry; ions; iron; Meteorology; Particles and aerosols; particulates; Pollutants physicochemistry study: properties, effects, reactions, transport and distribution; Pollution; regression analysis; soil; steel; Urban aerosols; Far East; Asia; China; China, People's Rep; Aerosol scattering coefficient; Urban aerosols; Aerosol absorption coefficient; Hygroscopic growth; Atmospheric fallout; aerosols; Hygroscopic property; Absorption coefficient; urban areas; Wet deposition; Scattering factor; Dry deposition; optical properties; identification; Pollution source inventory; Air pollution

To investigate aerosol properties in the Sichuan Basin of China, field aerosol sampling was carried out in Chengdu, China during four one-month periods, each in a different season in 2011. Aerosol scattering coefficient (bsp) at dry (RH<40%) and wet (40% < RH<90%) conditions and aerosol abs...