On the interpretation of the loading correction of the aethalometer

Virkkula, A.; Chi, X.; Ding, A.; Shen, Y.; Nie, W.; Qi, X.; Zheng, L.; Huang, X.; Xie, Y.; Wang, J.; Petäjä, T.; Kulmala, M.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-8-4415-2015

Articles | Volume 8, issue 10

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-8-4415-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-8-4415-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 8, issue 10

Research article

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21 Oct 2015

Research article |

| 21 Oct 2015

On the interpretation of the loading correction of the aethalometer

A. Virkkula, X. Chi, A. Ding, Y. Shen, W. Nie, X. Qi, L. Zheng, X. Huang, Y. Xie, J. Wang, T. Petäjä, and M. Kulmala

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RC C2676: 'Review: Virkkula et al., On the Interpretation of the Loading Correction of the Aethalometer, Atmos. Meas. Tech. Discuss., 8, 7373-7411, 2015', Anonymous Referee #1, 24 Aug 2015
RC C2782: 'Anonymous review', Anonymous Referee #2, 31 Aug 2015
AC C3070: 'Replies to the reviewer’s comments', X.G. Chi, 22 Sep 2015

Short summary

Aerosol optical properties were measured with a seven-wavelength aethalometer and a three-wavelength nephelometer in Nanjing, China, in September 2013–January 2015. The aethalometer compensation parameter k depended on the backscatter fraction, measured with an independent method, the integrating nephelometer. The compensation parameter decreased with increasing single-scattering albedo.