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- Title
A global view on the effect of water uptake on aerosol particle light scattering.
- Authors
Burgos, María A.; Andrews, Elisabeth; Titos, Gloria; Alados-Arboledas, Lucas; Baltensperger, Urs; Day, Derek; Jefferson, Anne; Kalivitis, Nikos; Mihalopoulos, Nikos; Sherman, James; Sun, Junying; Weingartner, Ernest; Zieger, Paul
- Abstract
A reference dataset of multi-wavelength particle light scattering and hemispheric backscattering coefficients for different relative humidities (RH) between RH = 30 and 95% and wavelengths between λ = 450 nm and 700 nm is described in this work. Tandem-humidified nephelometer measurements from 26 ground-based sites around the globe, covering multiple aerosol types, have been re-analysed and harmonized into a single dataset. The dataset includes multi-annual measurements from long-term monitoring sites as well as short-term field campaign data. The result is a unique collection of RH-dependent aerosol light scattering properties, presented as a function of size cut. This dataset is important for climate and atmospheric model-measurement inter-comparisons, as a means to improve model performance, and may be useful for satellite and remote sensing evaluation using surface-based, in-situ measurements. Design Type(s) spectral data collection and processing objective • data integration objective • time series design Measurement Type(s) light scattering Technology Type(s) Nephelometry Factor Type(s) geographic location • instrument • Environment • temporal_interval Sample Characteristic(s) United States of America • climate system • Canada • The Netherlands • Greece • Germany • Portuguese Republic • South Korea • China • United Kingdom • Finland • Switzerland • Maldives Archipelago • Brazil • Republic of Ireland • Niger • India • Kingdom of Spain • Kingdom of Norway Machine-accessible metadata file describing the reported data (ISA-Tab format)
- Subjects
ATMOSPHERIC aerosols; LIGHT scattering; HUMIDITY; REMOTE sensing; NEPHELOMETRY
- Publication
Scientific Data, 2019, Vol 6, Issue 1, pN.PAG
- ISSN
2052-4463
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/s41597-019-0158-7