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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Jul 22.
Published in final edited form as: Atmos Meas Tech. 2018 Feb 16;11(2):949–969. doi: 10.5194/amt-11-949-2018

Table A1.

Parameters of the aerosol components, such as minimal radius (rmin), maximal radius (rmax), effective radius (reff), and real (mR) and imaginary (mI) part of the refractive index at 355, 532, and 1064 nm used in MERRA-2 model. For dust and sea salt, five size bins are considered. All values are given for RH = 0.

Component rmin
μm		 rmax
μm		 reff
μm		 mR355 mR532 mR1064 mI355 mI532 mI1064
Dust Bin 1 0.1 1.0 0.64 1.53 1.53 1.53 0.007 0.0026 0.0022
Bin 2 1 1.5 1.32 1.53 1.53 1.53 0.007 0.0026 0.0022
Bin 3 1.5 3.0 2.30 1.53 1.53 1.53 0.007 0.0026 0.0022
Bin 4 3.0 7.0 4.17 1.53 1.53 1.53 0.007 0.0026 0.0022
Bin 5 7.0 10.0 7.67 1.53 1.53 1.53 0.007 0.0026 0.0022
Sea salt Bin 1 0.03 0.1 0.08 1.51 1.50 1.47 2.9E-7 1.2E-8 1.97E-4
Bin 2 0.1 0.5 0.27 1.51 1.50 1.47 2.9E-7 1.2E-8 1.97E-4
Bin 3 0.5 1.5 1.07 1.51 1.50 1.47 2.9E-7 1.2E-8 1.97E-4
Bin 4 1.5 5 2.55 1.51 1.50 1.47 2.9E-7 1.2E-8 1.97E-4
Bin 5 5 10 7.3 1.51 1.50 1.47 2.9E-7 1.2E-8 1.97E-4
OC 0.01 0.29 0.09 1.53 1.53 1.52 0.048 0.009 0.016
BC 0.01 0.29 0.04 1.75 1.75 1.75 0.46 0.44 0.44
SU 0.01 0.29 0.157 1.45 1.43 1.42 1E-8 1E-8 2.9E-6