Mie Theory Sensitivity Studies. The Effects of Aerosol Complex Refractive Index and Size Distribution Variations on Extinction and Absorption Coefficients. Part 2. Analysis of the Computational Results

1978 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. G. Jennings ◽  
J. B. Gillespie
Keyword(s):  
Refractive Index ◽  
Size Distribution ◽  
Complex Refractive Index ◽  
Mie Theory ◽  
Computational Results ◽  
Absorption Coefficients ◽  
Sensitivity Studies

scholarly journals Optical properties of atmospheric fine particles near Beijing during the HOPE-J<sup>3</sup>A Campaign

2015 ◽  
Vol 15 (22) ◽  
pp. 33675-33730
Author(s):  
X. Xu ◽  
W. Zhao ◽  
Q. Zhang ◽  
S. Wang ◽  
B. Fang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Refractive Index ◽  
Optical Properties ◽  
Fine Particles ◽  
Complex Refractive Index ◽  
Single Scattering ◽  
Single Scattering Albedo ◽  
Organic Mass ◽  
Absorption Coefficients ◽  
Aerosol Composition ◽  
Inorganic Species

Abstract. The optical properties and chemical composition of PM1.0 (particulate with an aerodynamic diameter of less than 1.0 μm) particles in a suburban environment (Huairou) near the mega-city Beijing were measured during the HOPE-J3A (Haze Observation Project Especially for Jing-Jin-Ji Area) field campaign. The campaign covered the period November 2014 to January 2015 during the winter coal heating season. The average and standard deviations for the extinction, scattering, absorption coefficients, and the aerosol single scattering albedo (SSA) at λ = 470 nm during the measurement period were 201 ± 240, 164 ± 202, 37 ± 43 Mm-1, and 0.80 ± 0.08, respectively. The mean mass scattering (MSE) and absorption (MAE) efficiencies were 4.77 ± 0.01 and 0.87 ± 0.03 m2g-1, respectively. Highly time-resolved air pollution episodes clearly show the dramatic evolution of the PM1.0 size distribution, extensive optical properties (extinction, scattering, and absorption coefficients) and intensive optical properties (single scattering albedo and complex refractive index) during haze formation, development and decline. Time periods were classified into three different pollution levels (clear, slightly polluted, and polluted) for further analysis. It was found that: (1) The diurnal patterns of the aerosol extinction, scattering, absorption coefficients, and SSA differed for the three pollution classes. (2) The real and imaginary part of complex refractive index (CRI) increased, while the SSA decreased from clear to polluted days. (3) The relative contributions of organic and inorganic species to observed aerosol composition changed significantly from clear to polluted days: the organic mass fraction decreased (50 to 43 %) while the proportion of sulfates, nitrates, and ammonium increased strongly (34 to 44 %). (4) The fractional contribution of chemical components to extinction coefficients was calculated by using the modified IMPROVE algorithm. Organic mass was the largest contributor (58 %) to the total extinction of PM1.0. When the air quality deteriorated, the change of the relative contribution of sulfate aerosol to the total extinction was small, but the contribution of nitrate aerosol increased significantly (from 17 % on clear days to 23 % on polluted days). (5) The observed mass scattering efficiencies increased consistently with the pollution extent, however, the observed mass absorption efficiencies increased consistently with increasing mass concentration in slightly pollution conditions, but decreased under polluted conditions.

scholarly journals Global scale variability of the mineral dust long-wave refractive index: a new dataset of in situ measurements for climate modeling and remote sensing

2017 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 1901-1929 ◽  
Author(s):  
Claudia Di Biagio ◽  
Paola Formenti ◽  
Yves Balkanski ◽  
Lorenzo Caponi ◽  
Mathieu Cazaunau ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Remote Sensing ◽  
Refractive Index ◽  
Size Distribution ◽  
Climate Models ◽  
Mineral Dust ◽  
Complex Refractive Index ◽  
Mineralogical Composition ◽  
Global Scale ◽  
Long Wave

Abstract. Modeling the interaction of dust with long-wave (LW) radiation is still a challenge because of the scarcity of information on the complex refractive index of dust from different source regions. In particular, little is known about the variability of the refractive index as a function of the dust mineralogical composition, which depends on the specific emission source, and its size distribution, which is modified during transport. As a consequence, to date, climate models and remote sensing retrievals generally use a spatially invariant and time-constant value for the dust LW refractive index. In this paper, the variability of the mineral dust LW refractive index as a function of its mineralogical composition and size distribution is explored by in situ measurements in a large smog chamber. Mineral dust aerosols were generated from 19 natural soils from 8 regions: northern Africa, the Sahel, eastern Africa and the Middle East, eastern Asia, North and South America, southern Africa, and Australia. Soil samples were selected from a total of 137 available samples in order to represent the diversity of sources from arid and semi-arid areas worldwide and to account for the heterogeneity of the soil composition at the global scale. Aerosol samples generated from soils were re-suspended in the chamber, where their LW extinction spectra (3–15 µm), size distribution, and mineralogical composition were measured. The generated aerosol exhibits a realistic size distribution and mineralogy, including both the sub- and super-micron fractions, and represents in typical atmospheric proportions the main LW-active minerals, such as clays, quartz, and calcite. The complex refractive index of the aerosol is obtained by an optical inversion based upon the measured extinction spectrum and size distribution. Results from the present study show that the imaginary LW refractive index (k) of dust varies greatly both in magnitude and spectral shape from sample to sample, reflecting the differences in particle composition. In the 3–15 µm spectral range, k is between ∼ 0.001 and 0.92. The strength of the dust absorption at ∼ 7 and 11.4 µm depends on the amount of calcite within the samples, while the absorption between 8 and 14 µm is determined by the relative abundance of quartz and clays. The imaginary part (k) is observed to vary both from region to region and for varying sources within the same region. Conversely, for the real part (n), which is in the range 0.84–1.94, values are observed to agree for all dust samples across most of the spectrum within the error bars. This implies that while a constant n can be probably assumed for dust from different sources, a varying k should be used both at the global and the regional scale. A linear relationship between the magnitude of the imaginary refractive index at 7.0, 9.2, and 11.4 µm and the mass concentration of calcite and quartz absorbing at these wavelengths was found. We suggest that this may lead to predictive rules to estimate the LW refractive index of dust in specific bands based on an assumed or predicted mineralogical composition, or conversely, to estimate the dust composition from measurements of the LW extinction at specific wavebands. Based on the results of the present study, we recommend that climate models and remote sensing instruments operating at infrared wavelengths, such as IASI (infrared atmospheric sounder interferometer), use regionally dependent refractive indices rather than generic values. Our observations also suggest that the refractive index of dust in the LW does not change as a result of the loss of coarse particles by gravitational settling, so that constant values of n and k could be assumed close to sources and following transport. The whole dataset of the dust complex refractive indices presented in this paper is made available to the scientific community in the Supplement.

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

Electromagnetic Attenuation Characteristics of Microbial Materials in the Infrared Band

2016 ◽  
Vol 70 (9) ◽  
pp. 1456-1463 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peng Wang ◽  
Hongxia Liu ◽  
Yizheng Zhao ◽  
Youlin Gu ◽  
Wei Chen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Refractive Index ◽  
Mass Extinction ◽  
Specular Reflection ◽  
Complex Refractive Index ◽  
Mie Theory ◽  
Infrared Band ◽  
Entomogenous Fungi ◽  
Extinction Coefficients ◽  
Attenuation Characteristics ◽  
Extinction Characteristics

In this study, seven microbial materials (entomogenous fungi Bb3088 mycelia, entomogenous fungi Bb3088 spores, entomogenous fungi Ma2677 mycelia, entomogenous fungi Ma2677 spores, Bacillus subtilis 8204, Staphylococcus aureus 6725, and Saccharomyces cerevisiae 1025) were used to measure electromagnetic (EM) signal extinction. They were subjected to light absorption and reflection measurements in the range of 4000–400 cm−1 (2.5–25 µm) using Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy. The specular reflection spectrum method was used to calculate the real ( n) and imaginary ( k) parts of the complex refractive index. The complex refractive index with real part n and imaginary part k in the infrared band satisfies the following conditions n ≥ 1 and k ≥ 0. The mass extinction coefficient was calculated based on Mie theory. Entomogenous fungi Ma2677 spores and entomogenous fungi Bb3088 spores were selected as EM signal extinction materials in the smoke box test. The transmittances of entomogenous fungi Bb3088 spores and entomogenous fungi Ma2677 spores were 11.63% and 5.42%, and the mass extinction coefficients were 1.8337 m2/g and 1.227 m2/g. These results showed that entomogenous fungi Bb3088 spores and entomogenous fungi Ma2677 spores have higher extinction characteristics than other microbial materials.

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