1. Date of download: 6/1/2016 Copyright © 2016 SPIE. All rights reserved. Schematic view of the pulsed PA spectrometer. Figure Legend: From: Investigation of spectral dependence of shortwave radiation absorption by ambient aerosol using time-resolved photoacoustic technique Opt. Eng. 2005;44(7):071203-071203-11. doi:10.1117/1.1955327

2. Date of download: 6/1/2016 Copyright © 2016 SPIE. All rights reserved. Calibration plot for the pulsed PA spectrometer. Figure Legend: From: Investigation of spectral dependence of shortwave radiation absorption by ambient aerosol using time-resolved photoacoustic technique Opt. Eng. 2005;44(7):071203-071203-11. doi:10.1117/1.1955327

3. Date of download: 6/1/2016 Copyright © 2016 SPIE. All rights reserved. Schematic view of the parabolic reflector PA cell: cell body (1), translation paraboloid (2), rotation paraboloid (3), laser beam (4), microphone (5), and wideband amplifier (6). Figure Legend: From: Investigation of spectral dependence of shortwave radiation absorption by ambient aerosol using time-resolved photoacoustic technique Opt. Eng. 2005;44(7):071203-071203-11. doi:10.1117/1.1955327

4. Date of download: 6/1/2016 Copyright © 2016 SPIE. All rights reserved. (a) Calculated amplitude and (b) duration of the compression pulse as functions of laser beam radius for three heat release processes (Gaussian, exponential, and rectangular) with duration of 5×10−8s (short dashed dotted lines) and for exponential (solid lines), Gaussian (dashed lines), and rectangular (short dashed lines) heat release processes with duration of 10−6s. Figure Legend: From: Investigation of spectral dependence of shortwave radiation absorption by ambient aerosol using time-resolved photoacoustic technique Opt. Eng. 2005;44(7):071203-071203-11. doi:10.1117/1.1955327

5. Date of download: 6/1/2016 Copyright © 2016 SPIE. All rights reserved. Comparison of the PA signals produced due to Nd:YAG laser radiation (1.064μm) absorption by ambient aerosol (curve 1), ruby laser radiation (0.694380μm) absorption by water vapor (curve 2), and ruby laser radiation (0.694300μm) absorption by ambient aerosol (curve 3). Signal 2 is divided by a factor 20. The value of aerosol absorption coefficient is determined with the use of formula k=α−1UabsE−1, where α is the PA spectrometer sensitivity, Uabs is the measured amplitude of PA detector signal, and E is the measured laser pulse energy. Figure Legend: From: Investigation of spectral dependence of shortwave radiation absorption by ambient aerosol using time-resolved photoacoustic technique Opt. Eng. 2005;44(7):071203-071203-11. doi:10.1117/1.1955327

6. Date of download: 6/1/2016 Copyright © 2016 SPIE. All rights reserved. Amplitude of the PA detector signal generated due to ambient aerosol light absorption versus the energy of Nd:YAG laser pulse (λ=1.064μm). Figure Legend: From: Investigation of spectral dependence of shortwave radiation absorption by ambient aerosol using time-resolved photoacoustic technique Opt. Eng. 2005;44(7):071203-071203-11. doi:10.1117/1.1955327

7. Date of download: 6/1/2016 Copyright © 2016 SPIE. All rights reserved. Correlation of BC concentration and aerosol absorption coefficient at (a) 0.532μm, (b) 1.064μm, and (c) 0.694μm. Approximation of these experimental data by the linear regression gives the values of aerosol absorption efficiency for corresponding wavelengths: σ(0.532μm)=5.49±0.44m2g−1, σ(1.064μm)=2.87±0.20m2g−1, and σ(0.694μm)=4.46±0.07m2g−1. Figure Legend: From: Investigation of spectral dependence of shortwave radiation absorption by ambient aerosol using time-resolved photoacoustic technique Opt. Eng. 2005;44(7):071203-071203-11. doi:10.1117/1.1955327

8. Date of download: 6/1/2016 Copyright © 2016 SPIE. All rights reserved. Absorption efficiency of light absorbing aerosols as function of wavelength. The PA measurements data analyzed in the paper of Moosmüller et al. (triangles) are approximated by function y=1.60λ−2.71. The values for laboratory generated aerosols are shown as open triangles, and those for ambient aerosol are shown as solid triangles. Data of the present PA measurements (squares) are approximated by function y=3.1×λ−0.92. Figure Legend: From: Investigation of spectral dependence of shortwave radiation absorption by ambient aerosol using time-resolved photoacoustic technique Opt. Eng. 2005;44(7):071203-071203-11. doi:10.1117/1.1955327

9. Date of download: 6/1/2016 Copyright © 2016 SPIE. All rights reserved. Comparison of the aethalometer measurements of BC mass concentration and PA measurements of aerosol light absorption coefficient at (a) 0.532μm, (b) 1.064μm, and (c) 0.694μm. The latter in time points correspond to the instrument’s readings for air sampled through aerosol filters. Figure Legend: From: Investigation of spectral dependence of shortwave radiation absorption by ambient aerosol using time-resolved photoacoustic technique Opt. Eng. 2005;44(7):071203-071203-11. doi:10.1117/1.1955327

10. Date of download: 6/1/2016 Copyright © 2016 SPIE. All rights reserved. Correlation of BC concentration and aerosol absorption coefficient at 1.064 and 0.532μm. The aerosol light absorption efficiency at 0.532μm is higher than one at 1.064μm by factor 1.89. Figure Legend: From: Investigation of spectral dependence of shortwave radiation absorption by ambient aerosol using time-resolved photoacoustic technique Opt. Eng. 2005;44(7):071203-071203-11. doi:10.1117/1.1955327

11. Date of download: 6/1/2016 Copyright © 2016 SPIE. All rights reserved. Water vapor absorption spectrum in the tuning range of the ruby laser at partial pressure of water vapor P(H2O)=10.3torr and total pressure of wet air P=736torr where circles are PA measurements and the solid line is for calculations with the use of HITRAN-96. Figure Legend: From: Investigation of spectral dependence of shortwave radiation absorption by ambient aerosol using time-resolved photoacoustic technique Opt. Eng. 2005;44(7):071203-071203-11. doi:10.1117/1.1955327