Modeling aerosols and extinction in the marine atmospheric boundary layer

Gerrit de Leeuw; Alexander M. J. van Eijk; G. R. Noordhuis

doi:10.1117/12.154879

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15 September 1993 Modeling aerosols and extinction in the marine atmospheric boundary layer

Gerrit de Leeuw, Alexander M. J. van Eijk, G. R. Noordhuis

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Proceedings Volume 1968, Atmospheric Propagation and Remote Sensing II; (1993) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.154879
Event: Optical Engineering and Photonics in Aerospace Sensing, 1993, Orlando, FL, United States

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An analysis is presented of aerosol particle size distributions measured over the North Atlantic and extinction coefficients derived from these data. Two empirical models, an aerosol model and an extinction model, are formulated in terms of simple meteorological parameters (wind speed, relative humidity, air temperature and sea temperature). The choice of these parameters is based on considerations of their effects on the aerosol physics in the marine atmosphere. The performance of the models for predictions of the extinction coefficients at (laser) wavelengths in the visible and IR atmospheric windows is assessed. The results are compared with predictions of the Navy Aerosol Model (NAM).

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Gerrit de Leeuw, Alexander M. J. van Eijk, and G. R. Noordhuis "Modeling aerosols and extinction in the marine atmospheric boundary layer", Proc. SPIE 1968, Atmospheric Propagation and Remote Sensing II, (15 September 1993); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.154879

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