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<journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">ACPD</journal-id>
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<journal-title>Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics Discussions</journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="publisher">ACPD</abbrev-journal-title>
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<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-5-9325-2005</article-id>
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<article-title>Sensitivity studies on the photolysis rates calculation in Amazonian atmospheric chemistry – Part I: The impact of the direct radiative effect of biomass burning aerosol particles</article-title>
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<contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Albuquerque</surname>
<given-names>L. M. M.</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1">
<sup>1</sup>
</xref>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2">
<sup>2</sup>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Longo</surname>
<given-names>K. M.</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1">
<sup>1</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Freitas</surname>
<given-names>S. R.</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1">
<sup>1</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Tarasova</surname>
<given-names>T.</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1">
<sup>1</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Plana Fattori</surname>
<given-names>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>Nobre</surname>
<given-names>C.</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1">
<sup>1</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Gatti</surname>
<given-names>L. V.</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff4">
<sup>4</sup>
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</contrib-group><aff id="aff1">
<label>1</label>
<addr-line>Centro de Previs&amp;#227;o de Tempo e Estudos Climáticos (CPTEC-INPE), Brazil</addr-line>
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<aff id="aff2">
<label>2</label>
<addr-line>Current affiliation: Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul, UFMS, DHT, Brazil</addr-line>
</aff>
<aff id="aff3">
<label>3</label>
<addr-line>On leave from: Departamento de Ci&amp;#234;ncias Atmosféricas, Universidade de S&amp;#227;o Paulo, Brazil</addr-line>
</aff>
<aff id="aff4">
<label>4</label>
<addr-line>Instituto de Pesquisas Energeticas e Nucleares (IPEN /USP), Brazil</addr-line>
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<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>28</day>
<month>09</month>
<year>2005</year>
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<volume>5</volume>
<issue>5</issue>
<fpage>9325</fpage>
<lpage>9353</lpage>
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<p>The impact of the direct radiative effect of the aerosol particles on the
calculation of the photolysis rates and consequently on the atmospheric
chemistry in regional smoke clouds due to biomass burning over the Amazon
basin is addressed in this work. It explores a case study for 19 September
2002 at LBA-RACCI-SMOCC (The Large-Scale Biosphere-Atmosphere experiment in
Amazonia &amp;ndash; Radiation, Cloud, and Climate Interactions &amp;ndash; Smoke, Aerosols,
Clouds, Rainfall and Climate) pasture site in SW Amazonia. The Tropospheric
Ultraviolet Visible radiation model (TUV) version 4.2, (Madronich et al.,
1987) is used for the photolysis rates calculation considering the layer
aerosol optical depth from the Coupled Aerosol Tracer Transport model to the
Brazilian Regional Atmospheric Modeling System (CATT-BRAMS) (Freitas et al.,
2005). A dynamical aerosol model (Proc&amp;#243;pio et al., 2003) is included in
the radiative transfer model to take into account the high temporal
variability of the aerosol optical thickness. This methodology is tested by
comparing modeled and measured clear sky solar irradiances. The results show
a good agreement with measured PAR radiation values. The actinic flux
attenuation, for AOT (500 nm) values around 1.94, decreases the photolysis
rates by about 70% in the presence of near-ground smoke aerosol and above
the smoke layer the photolysis process tends to increase by about 40%. A
simulation of the ozone production is carried out using a one-dimensional
photochemical box model and comparisons with observation are shown.</p>
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