Aerosol extinction in coastal zones

Jacques J. Piazzola D.D.S.; Gennady Kaloshin; Gerrit De Leeuw; Alexander M. J. van Eijk

doi:10.1117/12.563299

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11 November 2004 Aerosol extinction in coastal zones

Jacques J. Piazzola D.D.S., Gennady Kaloshin, Gerrit De Leeuw, Alexander M. J. van Eijk

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Proceedings Volume 5572, Optics in Atmospheric Propagation and Adaptive Systems VII; (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.563299
Event: Remote Sensing, 2004, Maspalomas, Canary Islands, Spain

Abstract

The performance of electro-optical systems can be substantially affected by aerosol particles that scatter and absorb electromagnetic radiation. A few years ago, an empirical model was developed describing the aerosol size distributions in the Mediterranean coastal atmosphere near Toulon (France). This model has been coupled with Mie theory to yield the code MEDEX (MEDiterranean EXtinction) for the aerosol extinction. This contribution deals with the evaluation of MEDEX for aerosol data recorded near the Black Sea coast. For this site, MEDEX correctly predicts the aerosol extinction as function of wavelength, albeit with minor discrepancies below one micron. These differences are attributed to the uncertainty in predicting the concentrations of submicron particles. The comparison shows that MEDEX may be more generally applicable than to the Toulon area.

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Jacques J. Piazzola D.D.S., Gennady Kaloshin, Gerrit De Leeuw, and Alexander M. J. van Eijk "Aerosol extinction in coastal zones", Proc. SPIE 5572, Optics in Atmospheric Propagation and Adaptive Systems VII, (11 November 2004); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.563299

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