Seasonal cycle and source analyses of aerosol optical properties in a semi-urban environment at Puijo station in Eastern Finland

We introduce a four-year (in 2006–2010) continuous data set of aerosol optical properties at Puijo in Kuopio, Finland. We study the annual and diurnal variation of the aerosol scattering and absorption coefficients, hemispheric backscattering fraction, scattering Ångström exponent, and single scatte...

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Main Authors: A. Leskinen, A. Arola, M. Komppula, H. Portin, P. Tiitta, P. Miettinen, S. Romakkaniemi, A. Laaksonen, K. E. J. Lehtinen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2012-06-01
Series:Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
Online Access:http://www.atmos-chem-phys.net/12/5647/2012/acp-12-5647-2012.pdf