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Climatological analysis of the optical properties of aerosols and their direct radiative forcing in the Middle East
摘要： In addition to climate perturbations, various problems such as air pollution, reduction in the visibility and human health hazards were caused by atmospheric aerosols in the Middle East specifically in the last two decades. With the help of the Aerosol Robotic NETwork (AERONET), the measurement of the aerosol optical and radiative properties were carried out over seven sites in the Middle East during 2013. The analysis of the optical properties of aerosols like Single Scattering Albedo (SSA), Angstrom Exponent (AE), Aerosol Optical Depth (AOD), and Asymmetry parameter (ASY) were carried out during the study period. During spring and summer, high values of AOD and low values of AE were found in all sites except CUT-TEPAK (Limassol, Cyprus), which specified the existence of coarse mode particles and dust storms in these seasons. The AE maximum values were found in the summer and fall over CUT-TEPAK and IMS-METU-ERDEMLI(Erdemli, Turkey), whereas in other sites IASBS (Zanjan, Iran), KAUST Campus (Thuwal, Saudi Arabia), Masdar Institute (Masdar, United Arab Emirates), Mezaira (Mezaira, United Arab Emirates) and Solar Village (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia) the peak values of AE occurred in the fall and winter. The maximum values of SSA and ASY were observed in the spring and summer over all sites except over CUT-TEPAK and IMS-METU-ERDEMLI. The Santa Barbara DISORT Atmospheric Radiative Transfer (SBDART) model has been used for the calculations of the Aerosol Radiative Forcing (ARF) over the selected sites. We obtained negative value of ARF at the surface, which suggesting its cooling effects because of the loss of radiation back to space due to aerosols. The averaged ARF values at the SuRFace (SRF) of the earth were -43.8 Wm-2, -31 Wm-2, -56.8 Wm-2, -61.7 Wm-2, -52.5 Wm-2, -54.9 Wm-2, and -72.2 Wm-2, over CUT-TEPAK, IASABS, IMS-METU-ERDEMLI, KAUST Campus, Masdar Institute, Mezaira and Solar Village, respectively. While the positive value of atmospheric ARF showed heating of the atmosphere.
关键词： Middle East.,Aerosol Optical Depth,SBDART,Aerosol Radiative Forcing,AERONET
更新于2025-09-23 15:23:52
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A 10-year record of aerosol optical properties and radiative forcing over three environmentally distinct AERONET sites in Kenya, East Africa
摘要： In the framework of Aerosol Robotic Network (AERONET), the aerosol optical, microphysical and radiative properties were investigated over three sites (CRPSM_Malindi, Nairobi, and ICIPE_Mbita) in Kenya, East Africa (EA) during 2006-2015. The annual mean (±σ) aerosol optical depth at 440 nm (AOD440) was found high at Mbita (0.27±0.09) followed by Malindi (0.26±0.07), and low at Nairobi (0.19±0.04). Whereas, the seasonal mean AOD440 noticed high (low) values during the local dry (wet) seasons. The aerosol optical properties: AOD, single scattering albedo (SSA), asymmetry parameter (ASY), and complex aerosol refractive index (RI) exhibited significant temporal and spectral heterogeneities illustrating the complexity of aerosol types with an abundance of fine-mode aerosols during the local dry (JJA) season. Characterization of major aerosol types revealed the dominance of mixed-type followed by biomass burning aerosols. The aerosol volume size distribution revealed that the coarse- over fine-mode aerosols showed a significant contribution to the total volume particle concentration, especially at high (> 0.3) AOD440. Further, the aerosol columnar number size distribution (CSD) retrieved from the King’s inversion of spectral AOD exhibited a power law distribution affirming multiplicity of aerosol sources. The direct aerosol radiative forcing values simulated in the shortwave region using the Santa Barbara DISORT Atmospheric Radiative Transfer (SBDART) model showed good correlation (r=>0.85) with the AERONET derived ones at the top-of-atmosphere (TOA), bottom-of-atmosphere (BOA) and within the atmosphere (ATM). The annual mean (±σ) TOA, BOA, and ATM forcing values were found in the range from -8.10±3.75 to -13.23±4.87, -34.54±4.86 to -46.11±10.27, and 26.63±6.43 to 36.24±7.26 Wm-2, respectively, with an atmospheric heating rate (AHR) of 0.74±0.12–1.02±0.20 K day-1. The SBDART-derived DARF exhibited significant temporal heterogeneity with high (low) during the local dry (wet) seasons. Results derived from the present study forms a basis for regional climate change studies and could increase the accuracy of climate models over this unexplored region of Africa.
关键词： Aerosol radiative forcing,Aerosol optical depth,Size distribution,East Africa,AERONET,Single scattering albedo
更新于2025-09-23 15:22:29