Findings of the African Combustion Aerosol Collaborative Intercomparison Analysis (ACACIA) Pilot Project to Understand the Optical Properties of Biomass Burning Smoke
Marc N. Fiddler,Vaios Moschos,Megan M. McRee,Abu Sayeed Md Shawon,Kyle Gorkowski,James E. Lee,Nevil A. Franco,Katherine B. Benedict,Samir Kattel,Chelia Thompson,Manvendra K. Dubey,and Solomon Bililign
The study used a photoacoustic spectrometer as a reference instrument to determine the multiple-scattering correction factor Cλ for an AE33 aethalometer at three wavelengths, which we believe is critical for aerosol absorption measurements using aethalometer. This is an important parametrization of Cλ specifically geared towards BB aerosol from African fuels under different aging states, and is of particular importance for future field work in that continent which is at present least studied.
The study used a photoacoustic spectrometer as a reference instrument to determine the...