Estimation of aerosol absorption under summer conditions of Western Siberia from sun photometer data

We tested the methods for retrieving the aerosol single scattering albedo and scattering phase function (asymmetry factor), developed by the authors earlier, from measurements of clear-sky radiance in the solar almucantar at the Tomsk station of the AERONET photometric network in 2003–2009. It is sh...

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Published inAtmospheric and oceanic optics Vol. 25; no. 3; pp. 216 - 223
Main Authors Bedareva, T. V., Zhuravleva, T. B.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Dordrecht SP MAIK Nauka/Interperiodica 01.05.2012
Subjects
Atmospheric Radiation
Climate
Lasers
Optical Devices
Optical Weather
Optics
Photonics
Physics
Physics and Astronomy
Aerosol Optical Depth
Retrieval Error
Single Scat Tering Albedo
Scatter Phase Function
Asymmetry Factor
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ISSN1024-8560
2070-0393
DOI10.1134/S1024856012030025

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Summary:We tested the methods for retrieving the aerosol single scattering albedo and scattering phase function (asymmetry factor), developed by the authors earlier, from measurements of clear-sky radiance in the solar almucantar at the Tomsk station of the AERONET photometric network in 2003–2009. It is shown that, under conditions of strong atmospheric turbidity (fires), the results obtained using the suggested approach and the Dubovik-King algorithm agree well. Under typical summer conditions of Western Siberia, the average single scattering albedo in the blue and green wavelength regions are ∼0.90–0.92 and close to those presented in the WCP and OPAC models for continental aerosol.
ISSN:1024-8560
2070-0393
DOI:10.1134/S1024856012030025