Speciated Local Aerosol Characteristics and Radiative Forcing at a Rural Midwestern Site

In this research, physical and chemical properties of ambient aerosols were measured at a rural perturbed mid-latitude site (Bondville, IL) and used to calculate the aerosol optical properties and the resulting direct radiative forcing. Size-segregated aerosol samples were collected during the summer of 1997 using three parallel MOUDIs operating at ambient relative humidity. Two sample sets were used to obtain sulfate, organic carbon (OC), elemental carbon (EC), carbonate and total aerosol mass. The third sample set was used to obtain the size-specific and wavelength-dependent extinction efficiency of EC.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Civil Engineering

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2015

Author dc:creator

• Dillner, Ann Marie

Contributors dc:contributor

• Larson, Susan M.

• Physics, Atmospheric Science
• Engineering, Environmental

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

(UMI)AAI9971067

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/77335