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| Analysis and comparison of the aerosol microphysical properties at three AERONET sites in China |
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Abstract The microphysical parameter characteristics of aerosol were analyzed at the AERONET stations located in SACOL, Xianghe and Taihu. The results showed that the annual average AOD at Xianghe and Taihu stations were 0.67±0.66 and 0.72±0.44, respectively, which were nearly 2times of the value of AOD at SACOL (0.38±0.27). The standard deviation presented a significant temporal variability. At SACOL, the higher value of AOD was found in the spring and winter, and the lower value of AOD was found in the summer and fall. However, At Xianghe and Taihu, the higher values of AOD were found in the spring and summer, and the lower values of AOD were found in the fall and winter. Combined with the size distribution, volume concentration of aerosol particles, it can be concluded that dust was the main type of aerosols at SACOL in spring. At Xianghe and Taihu stations, the types of aerosol were mainly fine mode particles in summer due to the gas-to-particle conversion process. We could observe that for the measurements with ?ngstr?m exponent (?0.4) was almost unavailable. According to analysis we could establish the limit of the fine particle predominance with ?>1.7approximately. But for 0.75
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Received: 04 November 2013
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