Effects of internal mixing and aggregate morphology on optical properties of black carbon using a discrete dipole approximation model

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 5089-5101

  Scarnato, B V ^a,f   Vahidinia, S ^a,b   Richard, D T ^c   Kirchstetter, T W ^d,e  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE ASSOCIATED UNIVERSITIES   (United States)

^c LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e 109 McLaughlin Hall   (United States)

^f NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; AGGREGATE; BLACK CARBON; MIXING; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTICAL PROPERTY; PARTICLE SIZE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

EID: 84884706786     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-13-5089-2013     Document Type: Article

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