Table 1.
Average measured and derived particle optical and physical characteristics across the sampling periods
| Measured | Derived | |||||||||
| PeriodLabel-Details | SSA 404 nm | SSA 532 nm | AAE 658–404 nm | EAbs-404 | EAbs-532 | MAEBC 404/532 | MAEPM 404/532 | fPOM-Ext | kBrC 404 nm | MAEBrC 404 nm m2g-1 |
| BG1: Background/Low Signal | 0.83 | 0.80 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 5.8/5.8 | 8.4/7.0 | 0.80 | 0.004 | 0.6 |
| BB1: BB | 0.85 | 0.90 | 2.3 | 2.5 | 1.4 | 5.3/5.6 | 12.9/8.3 | 0.89 | 0.009 | 1.0 |
| BB2: BB+Anthropogenic | 0.80 | 0.84 | 2.3 | 2.1 | 1.5 | 6.4/5.6 | 13.8/8.1 | 0.79 | 0.005 | 1.1 |
| BG2: Background/Low Signal | 0.83 | 0.75 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 6.2/6.4 | 7.9/7.3 | 0.79 | 0.006 | 0.2 |