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<journal-title>Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics Discussions</journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="publisher">ACPD</abbrev-journal-title>
</journal-title-group>
<issn pub-type="epub">1680-7375</issn>
<publisher><publisher-name>Copernicus GmbH</publisher-name>
<publisher-loc>Göttingen, Germany</publisher-loc>
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<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.5194/acpd-11-25063-2011</article-id>
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<article-title>Photoacoustic optical properties at UV, VIS, and near IR wavelengths for laboratory generated and winter time ambient urban aerosols</article-title>
</title-group>
<contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Gyawali</surname>
<given-names>M.</given-names>
</name>
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<sup>1</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Arnott</surname>
<given-names>W. P.</given-names>
</name>
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<sup>1</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Zaveri</surname>
<given-names>R. A.</given-names>
</name>
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<sup>2</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Song</surname>
<given-names>C.</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2">
<sup>2</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Moosmüller</surname>
<given-names>H.</given-names>
</name>
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</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Liu</surname>
<given-names>L.</given-names>
</name>
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<sup>4</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Mishchenko</surname>
<given-names>M. I.</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff4">
<sup>4</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Chen</surname>
<given-names>L.-W. A.</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff3">
<sup>3</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Green</surname>
<given-names>M. C.</given-names>
</name>
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</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Watson</surname>
<given-names>J. G.</given-names>
</name>
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</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Chow</surname>
<given-names>J. C.</given-names>
</name>
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</xref>
</contrib>
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<label>1</label>
<addr-line>Physics Department, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada System of Higher Education, 1664 N. Virginia Street, Reno, NV, 89557, USA</addr-line>
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<aff id="aff2">
<label>2</label>
<addr-line>Atmospheric Sciences and Global Change Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, 99352, USA</addr-line>
</aff>
<aff id="aff3">
<label>3</label>
<addr-line>Desert Research Institute, Nevada System of Higher Education, 2215 Raggio Parkway, Reno, NV, 89512, USA</addr-line>
</aff>
<aff id="aff4">
<label>4</label>
<addr-line>NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, 2880 Broadway, New York, NY 10025, USA</addr-line>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>08</day>
<month>09</month>
<year>2011</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>11</volume>
<issue>9</issue>
<fpage>25063</fpage>
<lpage>25098</lpage>
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<p>We present the first laboratory and ambient photoacoustic (PA) measurement
of aerosol light absorption coefficients at ultraviolet (UV) wavelength
(i.e. 355 nm) and compare with measurements at 405, 532, 870, and 1047 nm.
Simultaneous measurements of aerosol light scattering coefficients were
achieved by the integrating reciprocal nephelometer within the PA&apos;s acoustic
resonator. Absorption and scattering measurements were carried out for
various laboratory-generated aerosols, including salt, incense, and kerosene
soot to evaluate the instrument calibration and gain insight on the spectral
dependence of aerosol light absorption and scattering. Exact T-matrix method
calculations were used to model the absorption and scattering
characteristics of fractal-like agglomerates of different compactness and
varying number of monomers. With these calculations, we attempted to
estimate the number of monomers and fractal dimension of laboratory
generated kerosene soot. Ambient measurements were obtained in Reno, Nevada,
between 18 December 2009, and 18 January 2010. The measurement period
included days with and without strong ground level temperature inversions,
corresponding to highly polluted (freshly emitted aerosols) and relatively
clean (aged aerosols) conditions. Particulate matter (PM) concentrations
were measured and analyzed with other tracers of traffic emissions. The
temperature inversion episodes caused very high concentration of PM&lt;sub&gt;2.5&lt;/sub&gt;
and PM&lt;sub&gt;10&lt;/sub&gt; (particulate matter with aerodynamic diameters less than
2.5 μm and 10 μm, respectively) and gaseous pollutants: carbon
monoxide (CO), nitric oxide (NO), and nitrogen dioxide (NO&lt;sub&gt;2&lt;/sub&gt;). The
diurnal change of absorption and scattering coefficients during the polluted
(inversion) days increased approximately by a factor of two for all
wavelengths compared to the clean days. The spectral variation in aerosol
absorption coefficients indicated a significant amount of absorbing aerosol
from traffic emissions and residential wood burning. The analysis of single
scattering albedo (SSA), Ångström exponent of absorption (AEA), and
Ångström exponent of scattering (AES) for clean and polluted days
provides evidences that the aerosol aging and coating process is suppressed
by strong temperature inversion under cloudy conditions. In general,
measured UV absorption coefficients were found to be much larger for biomass
burning aerosol than for typical ambient aerosols.</p>
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