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Multi year sun-photometer measurements for aerosol characterization in a Central Mediterranean site (Articolo in rivista)

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Articolo in rivista (Classe)

Label

Multi year sun-photometer measurements for aerosol characterization in a Central Mediterranean site (Articolo in rivista) (literal)

Anno

2012-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 (literal)

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10.1016/j.atmosres.2011.08.002 (literal)

Alternative label

Boselli A., Caggiano, R., Cornacchia C., Madonna F., Mona L., Macchiato M., Pappalardo G., Trippetta S. (2012)
Multi year sun-photometer measurements for aerosol characterization in a Central Mediterranean site
in Atmospheric research (Print); ELSEVIER, NEW YORK (Stati Uniti d'America)
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Boselli A., Caggiano, R., Cornacchia C., Madonna F., Mona L., Macchiato M., Pappalardo G., Trippetta S. (literal)

Pagina inizio

98 (literal)

Pagina fine

110 (literal)

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104-105 (literal)

Rivista

Atmospheric research (Rivista)

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13 (literal)

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Boselli A., Caggiano, R., Cornacchia C., Madonna F., Mona L., Macchiato M., Pappalardo G., Trippetta S. (literal)

Titolo

Multi year sun-photometer measurements for aerosol characterization in a Central Mediterranean site (literal)

Abstract

Aerosol characterization at a Mediterranean site is carried out on the base of 40-month (November 2005-March 2009) measurements of aerosol optical depth (AOD) at 440. nm and Ångstrom coefficient (?) at 440/870. nm collected at the atmospheric observatory of the Istituto di Metodologie per l'Analisi Ambientale of the Italian National Research Council (CNR-IMAA). Mean values of 0.161 ± 0.004 and 1.44 ± 0.54 are observed for AOD and ?, respectively. Both AOD and ? are characterized by a wide range of values from 0.03 to 0.6 and from 0.15 to 3.14, respectively, and a day-to-day variability larger than 100% for AOD < 0.18 and ? < 0.95. A seasonal behavior is found with higher AOD and lower ? values in spring-summer. Four aerosol populations are found in the count distribution of AOD. The k-means cluster analysis allowed the identification of measurements belonging to each one of the four populations identified in the AOD distribution. Four prevailing aerosol classes are identified by using back-trajectories and model analyses: dust, continental, maritime and mixed aerosols. Dust and continental aerosol are the most common at Central Mediterranean (37.5% and 41% of the cases, respectively), with a wide variability in both AOD and ? Only in about 4% of the cases can aerosol be classified as maritime, and however the mixing with other aerosol is not negligible. A comparative study of cluster results and aerosol type identification reveals that the classification, based on the cluster analysis, is reliable for dust event and continental case, with a confidence level of 85% and 65% respectively. Finally, the Principal Component Analysis (PCA) applied on each cluster's PM1 and trace element daily concentration reveals an influence of dust on PM1 measurements at ground level. (literal)

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