Wh. White et al., SIZE-RESOLVED MEASUREMENTS OF LIGHT-SCATTERING BY AMBIENT PARTICLES IN THE SOUTHWESTERN USA, Atmospheric environment, 28(5), 1994, pp. 909-921
Measurements are reported from integrating nephelometers modified to s
ample alternately from a fine-particle (D(aero) < 2.5 mum) cyclone and
an unrestricted inlet. These nephelometers were successfully operated
at two sites in the southwest U.S.A. as part of the SCENES program in
the spring and summer of 1989. One of the nephelometers was collocate
d with a transmissometer monitoring total extinction. Fine- and total-
particle samples were collected at each site for determination of mass
and light absorption. Intercomparisons of the collocated daytime scat
tering, absorption, and total extinction measurements indicate that th
e nephelometer reported somewhat less than half the actual scattering
by coarse particles. When this under-response is corrected for, the ne
phelometer and transmissometer show good agreement. The corrected data
indicate that coarse particles were responsible from one-quarter to o
ne-third of the total particle scattering. Predominantly coarse-partic
le dusts are estimated to have contributed one-third to one-half of th
e total-particle scattering.