Wavelength Dependence of the Absorption of Black Carbon Particles: Predictions and Results from the TARFOX Experiment and Implications for the Aerosol Single Scattering Albedo

By R. Bergström, Philip B. Russell, P. Hignett. 2002

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Subfields: Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change

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Strong spectral variation of biomass smoke light absorption and single scattering albedo observed with a novel dual-wavelength photoacoustic instrument (2008, background): “Light absorption by rock and mineral dust also has wavelength selective absorption [Bergstrom et al., 2002].”
Evidence that the spectral dependence of light absorption by aerosols is affected by organic carbon (2004, background): “Prior measurements of soot and urban aerosols indicated weak spectral dependence [e.g., Rosen et al., 1978; Bergstrom et al., 2002; Horvath et al., 1997].”
Optical, physical, and chemical properties of tar balls observed during the Yosemite Aerosol Characterization Study (2005, background): “, 2004] and is also supported by field measurements of absorption characteristics of forest fire particulates [Patterson and McMahon, 1984; Foot and Kilsby, 1989; Bergstrom et al., 2002; Guyon et al., 2003; Kirchstetter et al., 2004].”
Absorption Angstrom Exponent in AERONET and related data as an indicator of aerosol composition (2009, neutral): “(The TARFOX absorption results are from laboratory analysis of collected aerosol samples (Bergstrom et al., 2002), since SSFR did not fly in TARFOX.”
The Reno Aerosol Optics Study: An Evaluation of Aerosol Absorption Measurement Methods (2005, background): “…of other investigators have found a spectral dependence in the visible range for atmospheric aerosol absorption measurements very close to λ−1 (e.g., Bruce et al. 1991 (∼ λ−1); Horvath et al. 1997 (λ−0.92); Bergstrom et al. 2002 (∼ λ−1); T. W. Kirchstetter, personal communication 2003 (∼ λ−1)).”
Wintertime aerosol properties during foggy and nonfoggy days over urban center Delhi and their implications for shortwave radiative forcing (2006, background): “Even other researchers, such as Jacobson [2000], Bond [2001], Bergstrom et al. [2002] , etc., have also shown that mixture of aerosols in which absorption is mainly due to BC, exhibit a weak spectral dependence (l � 1 ). Thus wavelength dependency of aerosol absorption obtained during the present s”
Light Absorption by Carbonaceous Particles: An Investigative Review (2006, background): “The frequent observation of λ −1 dependence for aerosol absorption (eg, Bergstrom et al. 2002 ; Schnaiter et al.”
Angstrom exponent and bimodal aerosol size distributions (2006, background): “and 0.3). We can understand this by noting that a ] 1a t these volume fractions, and recalling that the spectral absorption of small particles is often approximated as tabs / l � 1 [ Bergstrom et al., 2002 ].”