SOMETCUBA Bulletin Volume  8  Number 1 August  2002
Cuban Meteorological Society
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DETERMINATION OF THE ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOL OPTICAL ACTIVITY.

 

by A. Leyva Contreras Geophisics institute, UNAM, Mexico D.F. 04510,
 aleyva@tonatiuh.igeofcu.unam.mx

 

Instituto de Geofísica, UNAM, Mexico D.F. 04510,
 aleyva@tonatiuh.igeofcu.unam.mx

A. Muhlia Velázques
and L. S. Ivlev Department of Atmospheric Physics, NIIF-SPbSU, St Petersburg, 198094, Russia
J. C. Peláez Cháves Meteorologic Institute, CITMA, Apdo. Postal 17032, C.P. 11700, Habana 17, Cuba

Instituto de Meteorología, CITMA, Apdo. Postal 17032, C.P. 11700, Habana 17, Cuba


ABSTRACT

On the basis of the theory of radiation scattering by a system of spheric and chemical homogeneus particles, the derivatives of the radiative characteristics respect the micro physical parameters of the atmospheeric aerosol, namely the number concentration and the complex refractive index, are calculated. These derivatives allow to determine the spectral and angular ranges where the radiative characteristics are optically sensitive to variations of the micro physical aerosol parameters, as well as the linearization of the direct problem of the atmospheric optics through the expansion of those characteristics in generalized Taylor´s series. The obtained results are compared with observed radiative characteristics in the Mexico city environment.

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Bulletin Author: Alejandro Bezanilla
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