Original Research Papers

Particle size distribution and optical properties of Arctic haze

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Abstract

Simultaneous aerosol measurements with particle counters and a multiwavelength integrating nephelometer have been made at Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard (12° E, 79° N). The measured integral aerosol properties were used in an inversion procedure to derive a consistent model of the particle size distribution of Arctic haze. The obtained size distribution is compared to the global background aerosol size distribution. Both the light scattering coefficients and the total suspended volume of particles were found to be on the level of the global background.

  • Year: 1980
  • Volume: 32 Issue: 3
  • Page/Article: 251-260
  • DOI: 10.3402/tellusa.v32i3.10580
  • Submitted on 18 Oct 1979
  • Accepted on 5 Dec 1979
  • Published on 1 Jan 1980
  • Peer Reviewed