Physics
Scientific paper
Nov 2001
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2001georl..28.4075b&link_type=abstract
Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 28, Issue 21, p. 4075-4078
Physics
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Atmospheric Composition And Structure: Aerosols And Particles, Atmospheric Composition And Structure: Pollution-Urban And Regional, Atmospheric Composition And Structure: Transmission And Scattering Of Radiation
Scientific paper
Optical characteristics of particles that absorb visible light are needed to model their effects on atmospheric radiation. Light absorption by particles emitted from low-technology coal combustion has exhibited a strong spectral dependence. I investigate various explanations for this phenomenon and conclude that a spectrally dependent imaginary refractive index is the most plausible. Following previous work on the structure of amorphous carbon, I propose that both the magnitude and spectral dependence of light absorption are controlled by the size of graphitic clusters within the material, and can be described using the optical band-gap theory. This hypothesis is an alternative to the current measurement divisions of light-absorbing ``black carbon'' and non-absorbing ``organic carbon,'' and offers an explanation for preferential absorption at blue wavelengths that may extend to ultraviolet wavelengths.
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