  We discover that some of the broad absorption lines (BALs) are actually a
complex of narrow absorption lines (NALs). As a pilot study of this type of
BAL, we show this discovery through a typical example in this paper. Utilizing
the two-epoch observations of J002710.06-094435.3 (hereafter J0027-0944) from
the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS), we find that each of the C IV and Si IV
BAL troughs contains at least four NAL doublets. By resolving the Si IV BAL
into multiple NALs, we present the following main results and conclusions.
First, all these NALs show coordinated variations between the two-epoch SDSS
observations, suggesting that they all originate in the quasar outflow, and
that their variations are due to global changes in the ionization condition of
the absorbing gas. Secondly, a BAL consisting of a number of NAL components
indicates that this type of BAL is basically the same as the intrinsic NAL,
which tends to support the inclination model rather than the evolution model.
Thirdly, although both the C IV and Si IV BALs originate from the same clumpy
substructures of the outflow, they show different profile shapes: multiple
absorption troughs for the Si IV BAL in a wider velocity range, while P-Cygni
for the C IV BAL in a narrower velocity range. This can be interpreted by the
substantial differences in fine structure and oscillator strength between the
Si IV {\lambda}{\lambda}1393, 1402 and C IV {\lambda}{\lambda}1548, 1551
doublets. Based on the above conclusions, we consider that the decomposition of
a BAL into NALs can serve as a way to resolve the clumpy structure for
outflows, and it can be used to learn more about characteristics of the clumpy
structure and to test the outflow model, when utilizing high-resolution spectra
and photoionization model.
