1. INTRODUCTION Atmospheric aerosols play a key role in the Earth's atmosphere.
Aerosols influence cloud formation and their lifetime, they affect the distribution and amount …

Hygroscopicity is one of the most important physicochemical properties of aerosol particles
and also plays indispensable roles in many other scientific and technical fields. A myriad of …

The absorption Ångström exponent (AAE) is an important aerosol optical parameter used for
aerosol characterization and apportionment studies. The AAE of black carbon (BC) particles …

Partitioning of mineral dust, pollution, smoke, and mixtures using remote sensing techniques
can help improve accuracy of satellite retrievals and assessments of the aerosol radiative …

We assess the importance of factors that determine the intensity of UV radiation at the
Earth's surface. Among these, atmospheric ozone, which absorbs UV radiation, is of …

Brown carbon (BrC), an aerosol carbonaceous matter component, impacts atmospheric
radiation and global climate because of its absorption in the near-ultraviolet–visible region …

Abstract Knowledge of aerosol size and composition is very important for investigating the
radiative forcing impacts of aerosols, distinguishing aerosol sources, and identifying harmful …

Knowledge of aerosol size and composition is important for determining radiative forcing
effects of aerosols, identifying aerosol sources and improving aerosol satellite retrieval …

Characterizing chemical and physical aerosol properties is important to understand their
sources, effects, and feedback mechanisms in the atmosphere. This study proposes a …

Laboratory experiments were conducted for characterizing the performance of two
commercially available instruments employed for the measurement of light absorption and …