AERONET data–based determination of aerosol types

Developmental Biology

Hwee San Lim²  Tiem Leong Yoon²  Brent Holben¹  Khiruddin Abdullah²  Fuyi Tan² 

[1] NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, USA$$;School of Physics, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia$$

关键词: Seasonal monsoon;    aerosol;    aerosol optical depth (AOD);    angstrom exponent;    precipitable water (PW);   

DOI  :  10.5094/APR.2015.077

学科分类：农业科学（综合）

来源: Dokuz Eylul Universitesi * Department of Environmental Engineering

【 摘 要 】

Aerosols are among the most interesting topics investigated by researchers because of their complicated characteristics and poor quantification. Moreover, significant uncertainties are associated with changes in the Earth's radiation budget. Previous studies have shown numerous difficulties and challenges in quantifying aerosol influences. In addition, the heterogeneity from aerosol loading and properties, including spatial, temporal, size, and composition features, presents a challenge. In this study, we investigated aerosol characteristics over two regions with different environmental conditions and aerosol sources. The study sites are Penang and Kuching in Malaysia, where a ground–based AErosol RObotic NETwork (AERONET) sun–photometer was deployed. The types of aerosol, such as biomass burning, urban/industrial, marine, and dust aerosols, for both study sites were identified by analyzing aerosol optical depth and angstrom exponent. Seasonal monsoon variation results in different aerosol optical properties, characteristics, and types of aerosols that are dominant in Penang and Kuching. Seasonal monsoon flow trend patterns from a seven–day back–trajectory frequency plotted by the Hybrid Single–Particle Lagrangian Integrated Trajectory model illustrated the distinct origins of trans–boundary aerosol sources. Finally, we improved our findings in Malaysian sites using the AERONET data from Singapore and Indonesia. Similarities in the optical properties of aerosols and the distribution types (referred to as homogeneous aerosol) were observed in the Penang–Singapore and the Kuching–Pontianak sites. The dominant aerosol distribution types were completely different for locations in the western (Penang–Singapore) and eastern (Kuching–Pontianak) parts of the South China Sea. This is a result of spatial and temporal heterogeneity. The spatial and temporal heterogeneities for the western and eastern portions of South China Sea provide information on the natural or anthropogenic processes that take place.

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