Column-integrated aerosol microphysical properties from AERONET Sun photometer over southwestern Spain

• Published in: Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
• Main Authors: Prats Porta, Natalia, Cachorro, Victoria E., Berjón, Alberto, Toledano, Carlos, Frutos Baraja, Ángel Máximo de
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: European Geosciences Union 2011
• Subjects: Sun-photometer; Aerosol optical depth; Atmospheric aerosols; Monitoring; AERONET; Rima; Aerosol Robotic Network
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11765/7485

The aim of the present work is to carry out a detailed analysis of columnar microphysical properties obtained from Cimel sun-photometer measurements in the Southwest of Spain within the frame of the Aerosol Robotic Network (AERONET) – Iberian Network for aerosol measurements (RIMA). AERONET level 2 inversion products are analysed, in particular the particle size distribution together with their associated microphysical parameters for both fine and coarse modes: volume concentration, effective radius and the fine mode volume fraction. This work complements previous works based on aerosol optical depth (AOD) and the Ångström exponent (AE) for a global characterization of atmospheric aerosol in this area of southwestern Spain. Financial support from the Spanish MICINN (projects of ref. CGL2008-05939-CO3-01/CLI and CGL2009- 09740 and “Acci´on Complementaria” CGL2010-09480-E) are gratefully acknowledged.