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Aerosol spectral optical depths - Jet fuel and forest fire smokesThe Ames autotracking airborne sun photometer was used to investigate the spectral depth between 380 and 1020 nm of smokes from a jet fuel pool fire and a forest fire in May and August 1988, respectively. Results show that the forest fire smoke exhibited a stronger wavelength dependence of optical depths than did the jet fuel fire smoke at optical depths less than unity. At optical depths greater than or equal to 1, both smokes showed neutral wavelength dependence, similar to that of an optically thin stratus deck. These results verify findings of earlier investigations and have implications both on the climatic impact of large-scale smokes and on the wavelength-dependent transmission of electromagnetic signals.
Document ID
19910036141
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Pueschel, R. F.
(NASA Ames Research Center Moffett Field, CA, United States)
Livingston, J. M.
(SRI International Menlo Park, CA, United States)
Date Acquired
August 15, 2013
Publication Date
December 20, 1990
Publication Information
Publication: Journal of Geophysical Research
Volume: 95
ISSN: 0148-0227
Subject Category
Environment Pollution
Accession Number
91A20764
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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