Optical properties of light absorbing carbon aggregates mixed with sulfate: Assessment of different model geometries for climate forcing calculations

Optics Express

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 10042-10058

  Kahnert, Michael ^a,b   Nousiainen, Timo ^c   Lindqvist, Hannakaisa ^c   Ebert, Martin ^d  

^a SWEDISH METEOROLOGICAL AND HYDROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATES; CARBON; OPTICAL PROPERTIES;

ASYMMETRY PARAMETER; CLIMATE FORCINGS; CLIMATE MODELING; CORE-SHELL GEOMETRIES; DIPOLE METHODS; EXTENDED MODEL; HOMOGENEOUS MIXTURES; IR WAVELENGTHS; MODEL GEOMETRY; OPTICAL CROSS SECTIONS;

CLIMATE MODELS;

CARBON; SULFATE;

ABSORPTION; AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METHODOLOGY; PHOTOMETRY;

ABSORPTION; AEROSOLS; AIR POLLUTANTS; CARBON; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MODELS, CHEMICAL; NEPHELOMETRY AND TURBIDIMETRY; SULFATES;

EID: 84861143529     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.20.010042     Document Type: Article

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