Visibility and Aerosols During the 1986 Carbonaceous Species Methods Comparison Study
Titel:
Visibility and Aerosols During the 1986 Carbonaceous Species Methods Comparison Study
Auteur:
Cahill, Thomas A. Surovik, Marcelle Wittmeyer, Ian
Verschenen in:
Aerosol science and technology
Paginering:
Jaargang 12 (1990) nr. 1 pagina's 149-160
Jaar:
1990
Inhoud:
A modest change in synoptic meteorology occurred during the 1986 Carbonaceous Species Methods Comparison Study at Glendora, CA, resulting in a sharp change in visibility. This occurrence allowed comparisons of carbon species, soot and nonsoot, sulfates, and other aerosol components in two similar meteorological conditions with different visibilities. The results show that improvement in visibility was most strongly associated with a sharp decrease in sulfur mass median diameter, from 0.50 to 0.33 (Jim, with important contributions from nitrogen particles and volatile species such as water.