A global analysis of climate-relevant aerosol properties retrieved from the network of Global Atmosphere Watch (GAW) near-surface observatories

Paolo Laj; Alessandro Bigi; Clemence Rose; Elisabeth Andrews; Cathrine Lund Myhre; Martine Collaud Coen; Yong Lin; Alfred Wiedensohler; Michael Schulz; John A. Ogren; Markus Fiebig; Jonas Gliß; Augustin Mortier; Marco Pandolfi; Tuukka Petäja; Sang Woo Kim; Wenche Aas; Jean Philippe Putaud; Olga Mayol-Bracero; Melita Keywood; Lorenzo Labrador; Pasi Aalto; Erik Ahlberg; Lucas Alados Arboledas; Andres Alastuey; Marcos Andrade; Begona Artinano; Stina Ausmeel; Todor Arsov; Eija Asmi; John Backman; Urs Baltensperger; Susanne Bastian; Olaf Bath; Johan Paul Beukes; Benjamin T. Brem; Nicolas Bukowiecki; Sebastien Conil; Cedric Couret; Derek Day; Wan Dayantolis; Anna Degorska; Konstantinos Eleftheriadis; Prodromos Fetfatzis; Olivier Favez; Harald Flentje; Maria I. Gini; Asta Gregorič; Martin Gysel-Beer; A. Gannet Hallar; Jenny Hand; Andras Hoffer; Christoph Hueglin; Rakesh K. Hooda; Antti Hyvärinen; Ivo Kalapov; Nikos Kalivitis; Anne Kasper-Giebl; Jeong Eun Kim; Giorgos Kouvarakis; Irena Kranjc; Radovan Krejci; Markku Kulmala; Casper Labuschagne; Hae Jung Lee; Heikki Lihavainen; Neng Huei Lin; Gunter Löschau; Krista Luoma; Angela Marinoni; Sebastiao Martins Dos Santos; Frank Meinhardt; Maik Merkel; Jean Marc Metzger; Nikolaos Mihalopoulos; Nhat Anh Nguyen; Jakub Ondracek; Noemi Pérez; Maria Rita Perrone; Jean Marc Pichon; David Picard; Jean Marc Pichon; Veronique Pont; Natalia Prats; Anthony Prenni; Fabienne Reisen; Salvatore Romano; Karine Sellegri; Sangeeta Sharma; Gerhard Schauer; Patrick Sheridan; James Patrick Sherman; Maik Schütze; Andreas Schwerin; Ralf Sohmer; Mar Sorribas; Martin Steinbacher; Junying Sun; Gloria Titos; Barbara Toczko; Thomas Tuch; Pierre Tulet; Peter Tunved; Ville Vakkari; Fernando Velarde; Patricio Velasquez; Paolo Villani; Sterios Vratolis; Sheng Hsiang Wang; Kay Weinhold; Rolf Weller; Margarita Yela; Jesus Yus-Diez; Vladimir Zdimal; Paul Zieger; Nadezda Zikova

doi:10.5194/amt-13-4353-2020

A global analysis of climate-relevant aerosol properties retrieved from the network of Global Atmosphere Watch (GAW) near-surface observatories

Paolo Laj, Alessandro Bigi, Clemence Rose, Elisabeth Andrews, Cathrine Lund Myhre, Martine Collaud Coen, Yong Lin, Alfred Wiedensohler, Michael Schulz, John A. Ogren, Markus Fiebig, Jonas Gliß, Augustin Mortier, Marco Pandolfi, Tuukka Petäja, Sang Woo Kim, Wenche Aas, Jean Philippe Putaud, Olga Mayol-Bracero, Melita KeywoodLorenzo Labrador, Pasi Aalto, Erik Ahlberg, Lucas Alados Arboledas, Andres Alastuey, Marcos Andrade, Begona Artinano, Stina Ausmeel, Todor Arsov, Eija Asmi, John Backman, Urs Baltensperger, Susanne Bastian, Olaf Bath, Johan Paul Beukes, Benjamin T. Brem, Nicolas Bukowiecki, Sebastien Conil, Cedric Couret, Derek Day, Wan Dayantolis, Anna Degorska, Konstantinos Eleftheriadis, Prodromos Fetfatzis, Olivier Favez, Harald Flentje, Maria I. Gini, Asta Gregorič, Martin Gysel-Beer, A. Gannet Hallar, Jenny Hand, Andras Hoffer, Christoph Hueglin, Rakesh K. Hooda, Antti Hyvärinen, Ivo Kalapov, Nikos Kalivitis, Anne Kasper-Giebl, Jeong Eun Kim, Giorgos Kouvarakis, Irena Kranjc, Radovan Krejci, Markku Kulmala, Casper Labuschagne, Hae Jung Lee, Heikki Lihavainen, Neng Huei Lin, Gunter Löschau, Krista Luoma, Angela Marinoni, Sebastiao Martins Dos Santos, Frank Meinhardt, Maik Merkel, Jean Marc Metzger, Nikolaos Mihalopoulos, Nhat Anh Nguyen, Jakub Ondracek, Noemi Pérez, Maria Rita Perrone, Jean Marc Pichon, David Picard, Jean Marc Pichon, Veronique Pont, Natalia Prats, Anthony Prenni, Fabienne Reisen, Salvatore Romano, Karine Sellegri, Sangeeta Sharma, Gerhard Schauer, Patrick Sheridan, James Patrick Sherman, Maik Schütze, Andreas Schwerin, Ralf Sohmer, Mar Sorribas, Martin Steinbacher, Junying Sun, Gloria Titos, Barbara Toczko, Thomas Tuch, Pierre Tulet, Peter Tunved, Ville Vakkari, Fernando Velarde, Patricio Velasquez, Paolo Villani, Sterios Vratolis, Sheng Hsiang Wang, Kay Weinhold, Rolf Weller, Margarita Yela, Jesus Yus-Diez, Vladimir Zdimal, Paul Zieger, Nadezda Zikova

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Aerosol particles are essential constituents of the Earth's atmosphere, impacting the earth radiation balance directly by scattering and absorbing solar radiation, and indirectly by acting as cloud condensation nuclei. In contrast to most greenhouse gases, aerosol particles have short atmospheric residence times, resulting in a highly heterogeneous distribution in space and time. There is a clear need to document this variability at regional scale through observations involving, in particular, the in situ near-surface segment of the atmospheric observation system. This paper will provide the widest effort so far to document variability of climate-relevant in situ aerosol properties (namely wavelength dependent particle light scattering and absorption coefficients, particle number concentration and particle number size distribution) from all sites connected to the Global Atmosphere Watch network. High-quality data from almost 90 stations worldwide have been collected and controlled for quality and are reported for a reference year in 2017, providing a very extended and robust view of the variability of these variables worldwide. The range of variability observed worldwide for light scattering and absorption coefficients, single-scattering albedo, and particle number concentration are presented together with preliminary information on their long-term trends and comparison with model simulation for the different stations. The scope of the present paper is also to provide the necessary suite of information, including data provision procedures, quality control and analysis, data policy, and usage of the ground-based aerosol measurement network. It delivers to users of the World Data Centre on Aerosol, the required confidence in data products in the form of a fully characterized value chain, including uncertainty estimation and requirements for contributing to the global climate monitoring system.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	4353-4392
Number of pages	40
Journal	Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
Volume	13
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-4353-2020
State	Published - 17 Aug 2020

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Laj, P., Bigi, A., Rose, C., Andrews, E., Lund Myhre, C., Collaud Coen, M., Lin, Y., Wiedensohler, A., Schulz, M., A. Ogren, J., Fiebig, M., Gliß, J., Mortier, A., Pandolfi, M., Petäja, T., Kim, S. W., Aas, W., Putaud, J. P., Mayol-Bracero, O., ... Zikova, N. (2020). A global analysis of climate-relevant aerosol properties retrieved from the network of Global Atmosphere Watch (GAW) near-surface observatories. Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, 13(8), 4353-4392. https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-4353-2020

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