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Analyses of aerosol optical properties and direct radiative forcing over urban and industrial regions in Northeast China

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The aerosol optical depth (AOD), Angstrom exponent (Alpha), single scattering albedo (SSA), and volumes of aerosol size distributions were all retrieved from measurements made by a CE318 sunphotometer at four urban and industrial sites (Shenyang, Anshan, Benxi and Fushun) in Northeast China from 2009 to 2013. Values for direct radiative forcing (DRF) were then estimated using these measurements. For all four sites, the mean AOD appeared higher in the spring and summer, with the minimum occurring in the autumn. Conversely, the Alpha was lower in the spring but higher in the autumn and winter. The mean 440 nm SSA at the four sites varied from 0.81 to 0.87, indicating the highly spatial variability of aerosol optical properties. Frequent dust events resulted in a dominant contribution by coarse particles in spring, while fine particles were predominant during the summer. Mixtures of fine and coarse particles influenced aerosol optical properties in the autumn and winter. Results from this study provide useful information for the further understanding of retrieved aerosol optical properties and DRF in Northeast China.

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Acknowledgments

This work is financially supported by grants from the National Key Project of Basic Research (2014CB441201), the Project (41375153) supported by NSFC, the project of Institute of Atmospheric Environment Programme (2014IAE-CMA05), the Strategic Priority Research Programme of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (XDA05100301), and the Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center for Climate Change. The Cimel master calibration of CARSNET was performed at the AERONET-EUROPE calibration center (LOA and AEMET-Tenerife), supported by ACTRIS (European Union Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2007-2013) under Grant Agreement No. 262254.

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  1. Key Laboratory for Atmospheric Chemistry, Center for Atmosphere Watch and Services, Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences, CMA, 46 Zhongguancun South Avenue, Beijing, 100081, China

    Huizheng Che, Hong Wang, Yaqiang Wang, Junying Sun, Jie Yu & Xiaoye Zhang

  2. Institute of Atmospheric Environment, China Meteorological Administration, Shenyang, 110016, China

    Hujia Zhao

  3. Key Laboratory of Regional Climate-Environment for Temperate East Asia (RCE-TEA), Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100029, China

    Yunfei Wu

  4. Laboratory for Middle Atmosphere and Global Environment Observation (LAGEO), Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100029, China

    Xiangao Xia & Jun Zhu

  5. Plateau Atmospheric and Environment Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, College of Atmospheric Sciences, Chengdu University of Information Technology, Chengdu, 610225, China

    Jie Yu

  6. State Key Laboratory of Numerical Modeling for Atmospheric Sciences and Geophysical Fluid Dynamics (LASG), Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100029, China

    Guangyu Shi

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Che, H., Zhao, H., Wu, Y. et al. Analyses of aerosol optical properties and direct radiative forcing over urban and industrial regions in Northeast China. Meteorol Atmos Phys 127, 345–354 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00703-015-0367-3

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