scholarly journals Particle size distribution retrieval from multispectral optical depth: Influences of particle nonsphericity and refractive index

1999 ◽  
Vol 104 (D24) ◽  
pp. 31753-31762 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yangang Liu ◽  
W. Patrick Arnott ◽  
John Hallett
Keyword(s):  
Particle Size ◽  
Refractive Index ◽  
Particle Size Distribution ◽  
Size Distribution ◽  
Optical Depth

scholarly journals Simultaneous retrieval of the complex refractive index and particle size distribution

2015 ◽  
Vol 23 (15) ◽  
pp. 19328 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yatao Ren ◽  
Hong Qi ◽  
Qin Chen ◽  
Liming Ruan ◽  
Heping Tan
Keyword(s):  
Particle Size ◽  
Refractive Index ◽  
Particle Size Distribution ◽  
Size Distribution ◽  
Complex Refractive Index

scholarly journals Impact of particle size, refractive index, and shape on the determination of the particle scattering coefficient – an optical closure study evaluating different nephelometer angular truncation and illumination corrections

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marilena Teri ◽  
Thomas Müller ◽  
Josef Gasteiger ◽  
Sara Valentini ◽  
Helmuth Horvath ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Particle Size ◽  
Refractive Index ◽  
Optical Properties ◽  
Particle Size Distribution ◽  
Size Distribution ◽  
Mineral Dust ◽  
Scattering Coefficient ◽  
Particle Scattering ◽  
Aerosol Optical Properties ◽  
Angular Correction

Abstract. Aerosol particles in the atmosphere interact with solar radiation through scattering and absorption. Accurate aerosol optical properties are needed to reduce the uncertainties of climate predictions. The aerosol optical properties can be obtained via optical modeling based on the measured particle size distribution. This approach requires knowledge or assumptions on the particle refractive index and shape. Meanwhile, integrating nephelometry provides information on the aerosol scattering properties directly. However, their measurements are affected by angular non-idealities, and their data need to be corrected for angular truncation and illumination to provide the particle scattering coefficient. We performed an extensive closure study, including a laboratory and a simulated experiment, aiming to compare different nephelometer angular truncation and illumination corrections (further referred to as "angular corrections"). We focused on coarse mode irregularly shaped aerosols, such as mineral dust, a worldwide abundant aerosol component. The angular correction of irregular particles is found to be only ~2 % higher than the angular correction of volume equivalent spheres. If the angular correction is calculated with Mie theory, the particle size distribution is needed. Our calculations show that if the particle size distribution is retrieved from optical particle spectrometer measurements and the irregular shape effect is not considered, the angular correction can be overestimated by about 5 % and up to 22 %. For mineral dust, the traditional angular correction based on the wavelength dependency of the scattering coefficient seems more accurate. We propose a guideline to establish the most appropriate angular correction depending on the aerosol type and the investigated size range.

scholarly journals Sensitivity of particle loss to the Kelvin effect in LES of young contrails

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aniket R. Inamdar ◽  
Alexander D. Naiman ◽  
Sanjiva K. Lele ◽  
Mark Z. Jacobson
Keyword(s):  
Particle Size ◽  
Survival Rate ◽  
Particle Size Distribution ◽  
Size Distribution ◽  
Optical Depth ◽  
Particle Loss ◽  
Mean Particle Size ◽  
Kelvin Effect ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Exponential Relation

Abstract. Different treatments of the Kelvin effect in LES modeling of early contrails are shown to cause variations in the survival rate of ice particles by up to a factor of 4 and in optical depth and mean particle size by up to 50 %. The Kelvin effect which varies exponentially with particle size, can reduce or even suppress the impact of other important ambient parameters, such as ice supersaturation, on particle survival rate. Lowering or neglecting the Kelvin effect is shown to substantially alter the evolution of the ice particle size distribution and delay the onset of particle loss. A strongly Kelvin effect dependent exponential relation between particle survival rate and particle size is shown for high EIsoot (O(1015)).

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