RT Journal Article
T1 Aerosol size distribution from inversion of solar radiances and measured at ground-level during SPALI10 campaign
A1 Fernández Gálvez, Jesús
A1 Guerrero Rascado, Juan Luis
A1 Molero, Francisco
A1 Lyamani, Hassan
A1 Revuelta, María Aránzazu
A1 Navas Guzmán, Francisco
A1 Sastre Marugán, Mariano
A1 Bravo Aranda, Juan Antonio
A1 Fernández, Alfonso Javier
A1 Granados Muñoz, María José
A1 Gómez Moreno, Francisco Javier
A1 Olmo, Francisco
A1 Pujadas, Manuel
A1 Alados Arboledas, Lucas
AB A comparison of columnar versus ground-level measurements of aerosol size distribution is presented. The purpose was to understand what atmospheric conditions are most suitable for closure between: 1) ground-based remote sensing instruments measuring vertical columnintegrated optical and microphysical properties and 2) ground-based in-situ aerosol instruments measuring microphysical properties at the surface scaled to height using aerosol backscatter profiles from lidar measurements. Measurements were taken during the SPAM 0 (SPAin Lidar Intercomparison 2010) field campaign at Madrid from 18 October to 5 November 2010 within the frame of the EARLINET-ASOS project. Monitoring included aerosol measurements of size distribution as well as chemical composition. Both combined Scanning Mobility Particle Sizer and Optical Particle Counters were used for determining aerosol size distribution ranging from 15 nm to 10 mu m. Additionally, the column-integrated characterization of the atmospheric aerosol was provided by a sun tracking photometer using a methodology based on non-spherical particles. Two different synoptic situations were analyzed: a stagnation scenario with growing pollution concentrations and a clean atmosphere with low aerosol particle load. The shape of the ground-level aerosol size distribution matches with the column-integrated in both scenarios but absolute values disagree, particularly with stagnation. Better agreement was found for clean atmospheric situations when the mixing layer reaches higher altitudes and the aerosol concentration within the atmosphere follows an exponential decay profile with height (C) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
PB Elsevier
SN 0169-8095
YR 2013
FD 2013
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/93525
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/93525
LA eng
NO J. Fernández-Gálvez, J.L. Guerrero-Rascado, F. Molero, H. Lyamani, M.A. Revuelta, F. Navas-Guzmán, M. Sastre, J.A. Bravo-Aranda, A.J. Fernández, M.J. Granados-Muñoz, F.J. Gómez-Moreno, F.J. Olmo, M. Pujadas, L. Alados-Arboledas, Aerosol size distribution from inversion of solar radiances and measured at ground-level during SPALI10 campaign, Atmospheric Research, Volume 127, 2013, Pages 130-140, ISSN 0169-8095, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosres.2012.03.015.
NO Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades (España)
NO Junta de Andalucía
NO European Commission
DS Docta Complutense
RD 22 abr 2025