Physics – Optics
Scientific paper
May 1981
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1981bepha..54..143b&link_type=abstract
Beitraege zur Physik der Atmosphaere, vol. 54, May 1981, p. 143-158.
Physics
Optics
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Aerosols, Atmospheric Heating, Atmospheric Optics, Particle Size Distribution, Refractivity, Air Pollution, Albedo, Atmospheric Models, Man Environment Interactions, Rates (Per Time)
Scientific paper
A computationally rapid method is used to examine the effect of the complex refractive index and of the shape of the size distribution of aerosol particles on the local planetary albedo and on the solar heating rate in a one dimensional static model of the atmosphere. For climate studies, the choice of approximate values of the complex refractive index appears to be more crucial than the choice of the shapes of the size spectrum. The Deirmendjian 'Haze C' spectrum may be considered as a median distribution in terms of scattering, absorption and transmission of solar radiation. The imaginary index of smaller particles may play a critical role in atmospheric heating, although both the real and the imaginary indexes can affect the planetary albedo significantly.
Blanchet J.-P.
Leighton Henry G.
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