Improved evaluation of optical depth components from langley plot data

S. F. Biggar; D. I. Gellman; P. N. Slater

doi:10.1016/0034-4257(90)90010-J

Improved evaluation of optical depth components from langley plot data

S. F. Biggar, D. I. Gellman, P. N. Slater

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A simple, iterative procedure to determine the optical depth components of the extinction optical depth measured by a solar radiometer is presented. Simulated data show that the iterative procedure improves the determination of the exponent of a Junge law particle size distribution. The determination of the optical depth due to aerosol scattering is improved as compared to a method which uses only two points from the extinction data. The iterative method was used to determine spectral optical depth components for 11-13 June 1988 during the MAC III experiment.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	91-101
Number of pages	11
Journal	Remote Sensing of Environment
Volume	32
Issue number	2-3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0034-4257(90)90010-J
State	Published - 1990

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Improved evaluation of optical depth components from langley plot data

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