Intercomparison of the GOS approach, superposition T-matrix method, and laboratory measurements for black carbon optical properties during aging

Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer

Volumn 184, Issue , 2016, Pages 287-296

  He, Cenlin ^a   Takano, Yoshi ^a   Liou, Kuo Nan ^a   Yang, Ping ^b   Li, Qinbin ^a   Mackowski, Daniel W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

BC aging; BC morphology; Black carbon; GOS; Optical property; T matrix

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; COATINGS; NUMERICAL METHODS; OPTICAL RESONATORS; PARTICLE SIZE; PLASMONS; RESEARCH LABORATORIES; STRUCTURAL PROPERTIES; SURFACE WAVES; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

BLACK CARBON; COMPUTATIONAL UNCERTAINTIES; DOWNSTREAM APPLICATIONS; LABORATORY MEASUREMENTS; NUMERICAL COMPUTATIONS; OPTICAL CROSS SECTIONS; T MATRIX; THEORETICAL APPROXIMATIONS;

OPTICAL PROPERTIES;

AGING; BLACK CARBON; CLIMATOLOGY; OPTICAL PROPERTY; PARTICLE SIZE; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 84983027537     PISSN: 00224073     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jqsrt.2016.08.004     Document Type: Article

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