An overview of the Amazonian Aerosol Characterization Experiment 2008 (AMAZE-08)

被引:129
作者
Martin, S. T. [1 ,15 ]
Andreae, M. O. [2 ]
Althausen, D. [3 ]
Artaxo, P. [4 ]
Baars, H. [3 ]
Borrmann, S. [2 ]
Chen, Q. [1 ,15 ]
Farmer, D. K. [5 ,6 ]
Guenther, A. [7 ]
Gunthe, S. S. [2 ]
Jimenez, J. L. [5 ,6 ]
Karl, T. [7 ]
Longo, K. [8 ]
Manzi, A. [9 ]
Mueller, T. [3 ]
Pauliquevis, T. [10 ]
Petters, M. D. [11 ]
Prenni, A. J. [12 ]
Poeschl, U. [2 ]
Rizzo, L. V. [4 ]
Schneider, J. [2 ]
Smith, J. N. [7 ]
Swietlicki, E. [13 ]
Tota, J. [9 ]
Wang, J. [14 ]
Wiedensohler, A. [3 ]
Zorn, S. R. [2 ]
机构
[1] Harvard Univ, Sch Engn & Appl Sci, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA
[2] Max Planck Inst Chem, D-55128 Mainz, Germany
[3] Leibniz Inst Tropospher Res, Leipzig, Germany
[4] Univ Sao Paulo, Inst Phys, BR-05508 Sao Paulo, Brazil
[5] Univ Colorado, Dept Chem & Biochem, Boulder, CO 80309 USA
[6] Univ Colorado, Cooperat Inst Res Environm Sci, Boulder, CO 80309 USA
[7] Natl Ctr Atmospher Res, NCAR Earth Syst Lab, Boulder, CO 80307 USA
[8] Ctr Weather Forecast & Climat Studies CPTEC INPE, Sao Paulo, Brazil
[9] Natl Inst Amazonian Res INPA, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil
[10] Univ Sao Paulo, Inst Astron Geophys & Atmospher Sci, BR-05508 Sao Paulo, Brazil
[11] N Carolina State Univ, Dept Marine Earth & Atmospher Sci, Raleigh, NC 27695 USA
[12] Colorado State Univ, Dept Atmospher Sci, Ft Collins, CO 80523 USA
[13] Lund Univ, Dept Phys, Lund, Sweden
[14] Univ Nebraska, Dept Earth & Atmospher Sci, Lincoln, NE USA
[15] Harvard Univ, Dept Earth & Planetary Sci, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA
基金
美国国家科学基金会; 巴西圣保罗研究基金会; 美国国家航空航天局;
关键词
SECONDARY ORGANIC AEROSOL; CLOUD CONDENSATION NUCLEI; RAIN-FOREST; BOUNDARY-LAYER; SAHARAN DUST; VOLATILITY MEASUREMENTS; AIRBORNE MEASUREMENTS; PHYSICAL-PROPERTIES; HYGROSCOPIC GROWTH; ICE NUCLEI;
D O I
10.5194/acp-10-11415-2010
中图分类号
X [环境科学、安全科学];
学科分类号
08 ; 0830 ;
摘要
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 the formation, transformations, and cloud-forming properties of fine-and coarse-mode biogenic aerosol particles, especially as related to their effects on cloud activation and regional climate. Special foci included (1) the production mechanisms of secondary organic components at a pristine continental site, including the factors regulating their temporal variability, and (2) predicting and understanding the cloud-forming properties of biogenic particles at such a site. In this overview paper, the field site and the instrumentation employed during the campaign are introduced. Observations and findings are reported, including the large-scale context for the campaign, especially as provided by satellite observations. New findings presented include: (i) a particle number-diameter distribution from 10 nm to 10 mu m that is representative of the pristine tropical rain forest and recommended for model use; (ii) the absence of substantial quantities of primary biological particles in the submicron mode as evidenced by mass spectral characterization; (iii) the large-scale production of secondary organic material; (iv) insights into the chemical and physical properties of the particles as revealed by thermodenuder-induced changes in the particle number-diameter distributions and mass spectra; and (v) comparisons of ground-based predictions and satellite-based observations of hydrometeor phase in clouds. A main finding of AMAZE-08 is the dominance of secondary organic material as particle components. The results presented here provide mechanistic insight and quantitative parameters that can serve to increase the accuracy of models of the formation, transformations, and cloud-forming properties of biogenic natural aerosol particles, especially as related to their effects on cloud activation and regional climate.
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页码:11415 / 11438
页数:24
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