Impact of aerosol particle sources on optical properties in urban, regional and remote areas in the north-western Mediterranean

Ealo, Marina; Alastuey, Andrés; Pérez, Noemí; Ripoll, Anna; Querol, Xavier; Pandolfi, Marco

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-1149-2018

Articles | Volume 18, issue 2

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-1149-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-1149-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 18, issue 2

Research article

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30 Jan 2018

Research article |

| 30 Jan 2018

Impact of aerosol particle sources on optical properties in urban, regional and remote areas in the north-western Mediterranean

Marina Ealo, Andrés Alastuey, Noemí Pérez, Anna Ripoll, Xavier Querol, and Marco Pandolfi

Supplement

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-1149-2018-supplement

Data sets

Montseny and Montsec data sets IDAEA-CSIC http://ebas.nilu.no/Pages/DataSetList.aspx?key=12AF1BB60A994183A340878537CE7A1C

Short summary

This study aims to quantify the mass scattering and absorption efficiencies of different aerosol sources at urban (Barcelona), regional (Montseny) and remote (Montsec) background sites in the NW Mediterranean by analysing a source apportionment, first to PM₁₀ and then to scattering and absorption coefficients. With this approach we addressed both the effect that aerosol sources have on air quality and their potential effect on light extinction.