Table 4.
Aerosol type | Optical constants | Particle shape | Particle size (μm) | References |
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H2SO4 | Palmer and Williams, 1975 | Spherical | 0.49–3.85 | Crisp, 1986 |
Organic haze | Khare et al.,1984 | Fractal | 0.001–0.5 | Botet et al.,1997 |
Stratocumulus cloud | Hale and Querry, 1973 | Spherical | 4.07 | Wiscombe, 1980; Crisp, 1986 |
Cirrus cloud | Heymsfield et al.,2002 | Columns, plates, rosettes | 100a | Baum et al.,2005 |
Cross-section weighted mean diameter.