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Research article
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18 May 2018
Research article |
| 18 May 2018
| 18 May 2018
A novel method for calculating ambient aerosol liquid water content based on measurements of a humidified nephelometer system
Institute for Environmental and Climate Research, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
Chun Sheng Zhao
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing, China
Gang Zhao
Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing, China
Jiang Chuan Tao
Institute for Environmental and Climate Research, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
Wanyun Xu
State Key Laboratory of Severe Weather, Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences, Beijing, China
Nan Ma
Institute for Environmental and Climate Research, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
Yu Xuan Bian
State Key Laboratory of Severe Weather, Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences, Beijing, China
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Short summary
Aerosol water has become an important topic recently because of its implications for multiphase secondary aerosol formation during severe haze events in Asia. This is a timely paper on this topic; a novel method is proposed to calculate ambient aerosol liquid water contents based only on measurements of a three-wavelength humidified nephelometer system. The advantage of this method is that this technique can provide continuous measurements of the changing ambient conditions.
Aerosol water has become an important topic recently because of its implications for multiphase...
