Interactive comment on “From air quality to climate: Impact of aerosol sources on optical properties at urban, regional and continental levels in the north-western Mediterranean” by Marina Ealo et al
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The primary objective of the paper is to quantify the mass scattering and absorption efficiencies (MSE and MAE) of different aerosol source types observed at urban (Barcelona-BCN; MAE only), regional background (Montseny-MSY), and remote background (Montsec-MSA) sites in the northwestern (NW) Mediterranean region. To accomplish this, the authors applied a multi-linear regression model (MLR; Eqs. 1 and 2) to a ∼4-year time series of aerosol source type mass concentrations (derived using PMF), PM10 aerosol light scattering and absorption coefficients (σsp and σap). The
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Interactive comment on “From air quality to climate: Impact of aerosol sources on optical properties at urban, regional and continental levels in the north-western Mediterranean” by Marina Ealo et al
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