Average light extinction (1/Mm) of the major aerosol chemical components in 20% best, middle 60% and 20% worst days based on data available during the year of 1997-2002

Location	Data	Rayleigh	Sulfate	Nitrate	OMC	LAC	Soil	CM	Aerosol Ext	Bext	Visual Range (Km)	Deciview
BLIS1	20% Best	10.00	1.51	0.54	1.45	0.55	0.13	0.49	4.67	14.67	265.93	3.83
BLIS1	Middle 60%	10.00	3.69	1.45	4.48	1.48	0.47	1.44	13.00	23.00	169.57	8.33
BLIS1	20% Worst	10.00	6.17	2.86	11.55	3.13	1.05	2.28	27.05	37.05	105.27	13.10
BLIS1	Average	10.00	3.78	1.56	5.35	1.64	0.52	1.43	14.29	24.29	160.55	8.88

Mass concentrations of the major aerosol chemical components and PM_2.5 (mg/m³) in 20% best, middle 60% and 20% worst days based on data available during the year of 1997-2002

Location	Data	Sulfate	Nitrate	OMC	LAC	Soil	CM	PM2.5
BLIS1	20% Best	0.22	0.07	0.36	0.06	0.13	0.81	0.95
BLIS1	Middle 60%	0.63	0.23	1.12	0.15	0.47	2.40	2.84
BLIS1	20% Worst	1.14	0.47	2.89	0.31	1.05	3.81	6.35
BLIS1	Average	0.66	0.25	1.34	0.16	0.52	2.38	3.20