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Results of a comprehensive atmospheric aerosol-radiation experiment in the southwestern United States. I - Size distribution, extinction optical depth and vertical profiles of aerosols suspended in the atmosphere. II - Radiation flux measurements andResults are reported for a field test that was aimed at acquiring a sufficient set of measurements of aerosol properties required as input for radiative-transfer calculations relevant to the earth's radiation balance. These measurements include aerosol extinction and size distributions, vertical profiles of aerosols, and radiation fluxes. Physically consistent, vertically inhomogeneous models of the aerosol characteristics of a turbid atmosphere over a desert and an agricultural region are constructed by using direct and indirect sampling techniques. These results are applied for a theoretical interpretation of airborne radiation-flux measurements. The absorption term of the complex refractive index of aerosols is estimated, a regional variation in the refractive index is noted, and the magnitude of solar-radiation absorption by aerosols and atmospheric molecules is determined.
Document ID
19760087393
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Deluisi, J. J.
(Arizona Univ. Tucson, AZ, United States)
Furukawa, F. M.
(Arizona Univ. Tucson, AZ, United States)
Gillette, D. A.
(Arizona Univ. Tucson, AZ, United States)
Schuster, B. G.
(National Center for Atmospheric Research Boulder, Colo., United States)
Charlson, R. J.
(Arizona Univ. Tucson, AZ, United States)
Porch, W. M.
(Washington, University Seattle, Wash., United States)
Fegley, R. W.
(Mauna Loa Observatory Hilo, Hawaii, United States)
Herman, B. M.
(Arizona Univ. Tucson, AZ, United States)
Rabinoff, R. A.
(Arizona, University Tucson, Ariz., United States)
Twitty, J. T.
(NASA Langley Research Center Hampton, Va., United States)
Date Acquired
August 8, 2013
Publication Date
May 1, 1976
Publication Information
Publication: Journal of Applied Meteorology
Volume: 15
Subject Category
Meteorology And Climatology
Accession Number
76A33661
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NGR-03-002-155
CONTRACT_GRANT: NSG-5046
CONTRACT_GRANT: NSF GA-31562
CONTRACT_GRANT: N00014-67-A-0209-0021
CONTRACT_GRANT: NSF GA-27662
CONTRACT_GRANT: NGR-50-002-140
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