Aerosol Optical and Micro-Physical Characteristic Derived from AERONET in Kenya* - Open Access Library Journal

OALibJ > Vol.5 No.4, April 2018

Aerosol Optical and Micro-Physical Characteristic Derived from AERONET in Kenya^* ()

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DOI: 10.4236/oalib.1104551 721 Downloads 1,930 Views Citations

Author(s)

Misiani Zachary^1,2, Shengjie Niu³, Jingjing Lü³

Affiliation(s)

¹School of Atmospheric Sciences, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing, China.
²Kenya Meteorological Department, Ministry of Environment & Natural Resources, Nairobi, Kenya.
³Key Laboratory of Meteorological Disaster of Ministry of Education, School of Atmospheric Physics, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing, China.

ABSTRACT

The identification and classicization of both natural and anthropogenic atmospheric aerosols originating from different region is becoming very useful when dealing with effect of air quality. Different areas may encounter the problem of dust storm events which is harmfully to the environment and human health. This thesis works focused mainly on the evaluation of level 1.5 data from Sunphotometer remote sensing to understand the micro-physical aerosol optical features which includes the time series analysis, aerosol properties, absorption and its classification for the hot dry season (December-February), intermediate to heavier rainy season (March-May), the cooler dry season (June-August) and short rains season (September-November). The annual mean aerosol optical depth (AOD) and extinction Angstrom exponent (EAE) were 0.27 ± 0.17 and 1.01 ± 0.33 respectively. It was observed that mixed aerosols type was more dominance followed by the biomass burning (BB) and urban-industrial (UI) aerosols. During hot dry season, the mean values of AOD were observed to be higher than those recorded during rainy period. The volume size distribution graphs clearly indicate a bimodal whereby fine mode was more prevailing in hot dry season whereas coarse mode dominated in rainy season.

KEYWORDS

Aerosol Optical Depth (AOD), Angstrom Exponent (AE), Extinction Angstrom Exponent (EAE), Single Scattering Albedo (SSA)

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Zachary, M. , Niu, S. and Lü, J. (2018) Aerosol Optical and Micro-Physical Characteristic Derived from AERONET in Kenya^*. Open Access Library Journal, 5, 1-16. doi: 10.4236/oalib.1104551.

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