South African EUCAARI measurements: seasonal variation of trace gases and aerosol optical properties (Articolo in rivista)
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- 2012-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 (literal)
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- L. Laakso1,2,9, V. Vakkari2, A. Virkkula2, H. Laakso2, J. Backman2, M. Kulmala2, J. P. Beukes1, P. G. van Zyl1, P. Tiitta1, M. Josipovic1, J. J. Pienaar1, K. Chiloane3, S. Gilardoni4, E. Vignati4, A. Wiedensohler5, T. Tuch5, W. Birmili5, S. Piketh6, K. Collett6, G. D. Fourie7, M. Komppula8, H. Lihavainen9, G. de Leeuw9,10, and V.-M. Kerminen2,9 (2012)(literal)
South African EUCAARI measurements: seasonal variation of trace gases and aerosol optical properties
in Atmospheric chemistry and physics (Print); Copernicus Gesellschaft MBH, Gottingen (Germania)
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- L. Laakso1,2,9, V. Vakkari2, A. Virkkula2, H. Laakso2, J. Backman2, M. Kulmala2, J. P. Beukes1, P. G. van Zyl1, P. Tiitta1, M. Josipovic1, J. J. Pienaar1, K. Chiloane3, S. Gilardoni4, E. Vignati4, A. Wiedensohler5, T. Tuch5, W. Birmili5, S. Piketh6, K. Collett6, G. D. Fourie7, M. Komppula8, H. Lihavainen9, G. de Leeuw9,10, and V.-M. Kerminen2,9 (literal)
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- 1School of Physical and Chemical Sciences, North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa 2Department of Physics, University of Helsinki, Finland 3ESKOM, Sustainability and Innovation, Environmental Sciences Department, South Africa 4Climate Change Unit, European Commission DG JRC, Ispra, Italy 5Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research, Leipzig, Germany 6Climatology Research Group, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa 7Sasol Technology, Research and Development, Sasolburg, South Africa 8Finnish Meteorological Institute, Kuopio, Finland 9Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland 10TNO, Utrecht, The Netherlands (literal)
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- South African EUCAARI measurements: seasonal variation of trace gases and aerosol optical properties (literal)
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- In this paper we introduce new in situ observations of atmospheric aerosols, especially chemical composition, physical and optical properties, on the eastern brink of the heavily polluted Highveld area in South Africa. During the observation period between 11 February 2009 and 31 January 2011, the mean particle number concentration (size range 10-840 nm) was 6310 cm(-3) and the estimated volume of sub-10 mu m particles 9.3 mu m(3) m(-3). The aerosol absorption and scattering coefficients at 637 nm were 8.3 Mm(-1) and 49.5 Mm(-1), respectively. The mean single-scattering albedo at 637 nm was 0.84 and the Angstrom exponent of scattering was 1.5 over the wavelength range 450-635 nm. The mean O-3, SO2, NOx and H2S-concentrations were 37.1, 11.5, 15.1 and 3.2 ppb, respectively. The observed range of concentrations was large and attributed to the seasonal variation of sources and regional meteorological effects, especially the anticyclonic re-circulation and strong winter-time inversions. In a global context, the levels of gases and particulates were typical for continental sites with strong anthropogenic influence, but clearly lower than the most polluted areas of southeastern Asia. Of all pollutants observed at the site, ozone is the most likely to have adverse environmental effects, as the concentrations were high also during the growing season. The measurements presented here will help to close existing gaps in the ground-based global atmosphere observation system, since very little long-term data of this nature is available for southern Africa. (literal)
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