Aerosol light absorption in the north atlantic: trends and seasonal characteristics during the period 1989 to 2003

• Published in: Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
• Main Authors: Junker, C., Jennings, S. G., Cachier, H.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Copernicus GmbH 2006
• Subjects: southwestern united-states; attenuation cross-section; real-time measurement; black carbon; atmospheric aerosols; mace head; particles; marine; soot; aethalometer; Mace; North Atlantic; North Atlantic oscillation
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10379/9355; https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-6-1913-2006

Aerosol light attenuation on quartz fibre filters has been measured since February 1989 at the Mace Head Atmospheric Research station near Carna, Co. Galway, Ireland, using an Aethalometer. The frequency of occurrence of the hourly averaged aerosol absorption data is found to be bimodally distribute...