Global scale variability of the mineral dust long-wave refractive index: a new dataset of in situ measurements for climate modeling and remote sensing
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Di Biagio, Claudia
Formenti, Paola
Balkanski, Yves
Caponi, Lorenzo
Cazaunau, Mathieu
Pangui, Edouard
Journet, Emilie
Nowak, Sophie
Caquineau, Sandrine
Andreae, Meinrat O.
Date Issued
February 2017
Journal
Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
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Copernicus GmbH
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Di Biagio, Claudia; Formenti, Paola; Balkanski, Yves; Caponi, Lorenzo; Cazaunau, Mathieu; Pangui, Edouard; Journet, Emilie, et al. “Global Scale Variability of the Mineral Dust Long-Wave Refractive Index: a New Dataset of in Situ Measurements for Climate Modeling and Remote Sensing.” Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 17, no. 3 (February 2017): 1901–1929 © 2017 Author(s)
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Abstract
Modeling the interaction of dust with long-wave (LW) radiation is still a challenge because of the scarcity of information on the complex refractive index of dust from different source regions. In particular, little is known about the variability of the refractive index as a function of the dust mineralogical composition, which depends on the specific emission source, and its size distribution, which is modified during transport. As a consequence, to date, climate models and remote sensing retrievals generally use a spatially invariant and time-constant value for the dust LW refractive index.
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Parsons Laboratory for Environmental Science and Engineering (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
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http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-1901-2017
