Calculation of optical extinction from aerosol spectral data
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Schacher, G.E.
Davidson, K.L.
Fairall, C. W.
Spiel, D.E.
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1981-11
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1981-11
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A major overwater experiment, MAGAT-80, has been undertaken to verify the use of aerosol spectrometers
to calculate optical extinction in the marine boundary layer. Techniques for data averaging and for extrapolation
to large particle sizes are described. Coincident optical, aerosol, and meteorological measurements
by ship, aircraft, and an overwater optical range show that aerosol spectra can be used to predict extinction
to within 40%.
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Applied Optics, Volume 20, No. 22, pp. 3951-3957 (15 November 1981)
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Environmental Physics Group
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This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.