Atmospheric turbidity parameters measurement over Manila

Authors

Ernest P. Macalalad ⋅ PH Physics Department, De La Salle University, Dasmariñas and Physics Department, De La Salle University, Manila
Hans Walter Chua ⋅ PH Physics Department, De La Salle University, Manila
Eric B. Bangsal ⋅ PH Physics Department, De La Salle University, Manila
Edgar A. Vallar ⋅ PH Physics Department, De La Salle University, Manila
Maria Cecilia D. Galvez ⋅ PH Physics Department, De La Salle University, Manila

Abstract

Atmospheric turbidity parameters over Manila were obtained using a sunphotometer. The values of AOD range from 0.159 (675 nm) to 0.800 (368 nm) while β and α varied from 0.113 to 0.325 and 0.04 to 1.185, respectively. The monthly variation of β showed that the month of May contained the least amount of aerosols. It was observed that the prevailing value of AOD is around 0.300 to 0.500 while β was predominantly valued from 0.150 to 0.250, with both distributions having the same shape. The behavior of the turbidity parameters, α and β, varies from day to day. Some have similar or opposite diurnal trends, while others have a mixture of the two. This was probably due to the different processes that occur in the atmosphere.

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Issue

2007: Proceedings of the 25th Samahang Pisika ng Pilipinas Physics Congress

Article ID

SPP-2007-2G-04

Section

Instrumentation and Environmental Physics

Published

2007-10-24

How to Cite

[1]

EP Macalalad, HW Chua, EB Bangsal, EA Vallar, and MCD Galvez, Atmospheric turbidity parameters measurement over Manila, Proceedings of the Samahang Pisika ng Pilipinas 25, SPP-2007-2G-04 (2007). URL: https://proceedings.spp-online.org/article/view/SPP-2007-2G-04.