The optical properties and in-situ observational evidence for the formation of brown carbon in cloud,Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

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The optical properties and in-situ observational evidence for the formation of brown carbon in cloud
Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics ( IF 5.2 ) Pub Date : 2021-11-25 , DOI: 10.5194/acp-2021-945
Ziyong Guo , Yuxiang Yang , Xiaodong Hu , Xiaocong Peng , Yuzhen Fu , Wei Sun , Guohua Zhang , Duohong Chen , Xinhui Bi , Xinming Wang , Ping'an Peng

Abstract. Atmospheric brown carbon (BrC) makes a substantial contribution to aerosol light-absorbing and thus the global radiative forcing. Although BrC may change the lifetime of the cloud and ultimately affect precipitation, little is known regarding the optical properties and formation of BrC in the cloud. In the present study, the light-absorption properties of cloud droplet residual (cloud RES) were measured by coupled a ground-based counterflow virtual impactor (GCVI) and an Aethalometer (AE-33), in addition to the cloud interstitial (cloud INT) and ambient (cloud-free) particles by PM_2.5 inlet-AE-33, at Mt. Tianjing (1690 m a.s.l.), a remote mountain site in southern China, from November to December 2020. Meanwhile, the light-absorption and fluorescence properties of water-soluble organic carbon (WSOC) in the collected cloud water and PM_2.5 samples were also obtained, associated with the concentration of water-soluble ions. The mean light-absorption coefficient (Abs₃₇₀) of the cloud RES, cloud INT, and cloud-free particles were 0.25 ± 0.15, 1.16 ± 1.14, and 1.47 ± 1.23 Mm⁻¹, respectively. The Abs₃₆₅ of WSOC was 0.11 ± 0.08 Mm⁻¹ in cloud water and 0.40 ± 0.31 Mm⁻¹ in PM_2.5, and the corresponding mass absorption efficiency (MAE₃₆₅) was 0.17 ± 0.07 and 0.31 ± 0.21 m²·g⁻¹, respectively. A comparison of the light-absorption coefficient between BrC in the cloud RES/cloud INT and WSOC in cloud water/PM_2.5 indicates a considerable contribution (48–75 %) of water-insoluble BrC to total BrC light-absorption. Secondary BrC estimated by minimum R squared (MRS) method dominated the total BrC in cloud RES (67–85 %), rather than in the cloud-free (11–16 %) and cloud INT (9–23 %) particles. It may indicate the formation of secondary BrC during cloud processing. Supporting evidence includes the enhanced WSOC and dominant contribution of secondary formation/biomass burning factor (> 80 %) to Abs₃₆₅ in cloud water provided by Positive Matrix Factorization (PMF) analysis. In addition, we showed that the light-absorption of BrC in cloud water was closely related to humic-like substances and tyrosine/proteins-like substances (r > 0.63, p < 0.01), whereas only humic-like substances for PM_2.5, as identified by excitation-emission matrix fluorescence spectroscopy.

更新日期：2021-11-25

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