A comparative analysis of the characteristics of the aerosol obtained in the Caspian Sea on the RV "Rift" in November 2008 and in October 2012, in the near-water atmospheric layer and throughout the entire thickness of the atmosphere. Under study were: aerosol optical depth (AOD in the wavelength range 0.3-2.14 microns) and the columnar water vapor of the atmosphere, particle number concentration and particle size distribution in the range of 0.3-20 microns in diameter, the mass concentration of submicron aerosol mass concentration and absorbing aerosol - "soot", chemical ionic composition of the soluble part of aerosols and trace gases - Cl-, SO42-, NO3-, РО43-, F-, HCO3-, Na+, NH4+, K+, Mg2+, Ca2+, H+, HCl, HNO3, SO2, NH3
near-water aerosol, aerosol optical depth, number concentration and mass concentration, absorbing aerosol - "black carbon (soot)", the chemical composition of the ion
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