Physics
Scientific paper
Jan 1981
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1981georl...8....9o&link_type=abstract
Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 8, Jan. 1981, p. 9-12.
Physics
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Absorptivity, Aerosols, Atmospheric Attenuation, Stratosphere, Albedo, Light Scattering, Particulate Sampling, Scattering Coefficients
Scientific paper
The absorption coefficients of stratospheric aerosols are measured using a variation on the integrating plate method. The technique is based on the decrease in the transparency of a substrate when an absorbing aerosol is deposited on it. A Lambert scatterer is placed behind the substrate to integrate forward scattered light and minimize the effect of scattering on the measurement. The low pressure in the stratosphere is used for the direct impaction of particles onto a narrow strip of opal glass. The eight samples collected had a median value of 4 x 10 to the -9th m with an uncertainty of + or - 5 x 10 to the -9th m. If this absorption is due to graphitic carbon, then its concentration is estimated at about 0.4 ng/cu m, or about 0.25% of the total aerosol mass concentration. Estimates of the aerosol scattering coefficients based on satellite extinction inversions result in an aerosol single-scattering albedo in the range of 0.96-1.0.
Ahlquist N. C.
Charlson Robert J.
Clarke David A.
Ogren John A.
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