A long term experiment was conducted in a primary forest area in Amazonia, with continuous in-situ measurements of aerosol optical properties between February 2008 and April 2011, comprising, to our knowledge, the longest database ever in the Amazon Basin. Two major classes of aerosol particles, with significantly different optical properties were identified: coarse mode predominant biogenic aerosols in the wet...
The Amazon Basin provides an excellent environment for studying the sources, transformations, and properties of natural aerosol particles and the resulting links between biological processes and climate. With this framework in mind, the Amazonian Aerosol Characterization Experiment (AMAZE-08), carried out from 7 February to 14 March 2008 during the wet season in the central Amazon Basin, sought to understand th...
Aerosol light absorption is an important parameter for the assessment of the radiation budget of the atmosphere. Filter based absorption photometers, e.g. the Aethalometer and the Particle Soot Absorption Photometer (PSAP) have been available for several years. Multiple scattering of light in the filter medium and the presence of scattering particles result in a measured attenuation coefficient, which is differ...
Develop methodologies to compensate for apparent absorption caused by scattering dueto the use of filter matrix support.