The Jungfraujoch high‐alpine research station (3454 m) as a background clean continental site for the measurement of aerosol parameters
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01.03.1998
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Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres
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103
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D6
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6097-6107
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Wiley
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Hoboken
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The first annual data set of climatically important aerosol parameters, measured at the Jungfraujoch (JFJ) high-alpine research station (3454 m, Switzerland) from an ongoing field campaign since July 1995, is presented. Analysis of diurnal variations in continuous measurements of the total and backward hemispheric scattering coefficients (σSP, σBSP), the absorption coefficient (σAP, from aethalometer data), condensation nuclei (CN) concentration, and epiphaniometer signal (related to surface area (S) concentration) established the diurnal period 0300 – 0900 as being representative of the free tropospheric background aerosol. The annual data set was then edited to omit (1) the period 0900–0300 (i.e., 18 hours), taken to represent possible planetary boundary layer influenced conditions and (2) in-cloud conditions using a cloud liquid-water monitor. The seasonal aerosol cycle exhibited a July maximum and a December minimum in most aerosol parameters. Typical monthly median values for the free troposphere exhibit the following seasonal maxima and minima, respectively: σSP (550 nm) ∼ 16.1 and 0.43 × 10ˉ⁶/m, σBSP (550 nm) ∼ 2.10 and 0.09 × 10ˉ⁶/m, σAP (550 nm) ∼ 10.4 and 0.76 × 10ˉ⁷/m (≈ 104 and 7.6 ng mˉ³ black carbon), CN concentration ∼ 670 and 280 cmˉ³, and epiphaniometer signal ∼ 9.26 and 0.67 counts/s (S concentration ≈24.1 and 1.7 μm2 cmˉ³). Aerosol parameters were found to be comparable in magnitude to other NOAA baseline and regional stations and suggest that a clean continental designation for the JFJ site is applicable, when removing the planetary boundary layer influenced period.
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2169-897X
2169-8996
2169-8996
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Nyeki, S., Baltensperger, U., Colbeck, I., Jost, D. T., Weingartner, E., & Gäggeler, H. W. (1998). The Jungfraujoch high‐alpine research station (3454 m) as a background clean continental site for the measurement of aerosol parameters. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 103(D6), 6097–6107. https://doi.org/10.1029/97jd03123