Determination of aerosol extinction coefficient and mass extinction efficiency by DOAS with a flashlight source

• 来源期刊: 中国物理(英文版)
• 关键词: aerosol extinction coefficient differential absorption optical spectroscopy mass extinction efficiency size distribution
• 年，卷（期）: 2005,（11）
• 页码范围: 2360-2364
• 页数: 5页
• 语种: 英文

摘要

With the method of differential optical absorption spectroscopy (DOAS), average concentrations of aerosol particles along light path were measured with a flashlight source in Chiba area during the period of one month. The optical thickness at 550 nm is compared with the concentration of ground-measured suspended particulate matter (SPM). Good correlations are found between the DOAS and SPM data, leading to the determination of the aerosol mass extinction efficiency (MEE) to be possible in the lower troposphere. The average MEE value is about 7.6m2.g-1, and the parameter exhibits a good correlation with the particle size as determined from the wavelength dependence of the DOAS signal intensity.