A complete parameterisation of the relative humidity and wavelength dependence of the refractive index of hygroscopic inorganic aerosol particles

Cotterell, Michael I.; Willoughby, Rose E.; Bzdek, Bryan R.; Orr-Ewing, Andrew J.; Reid, Jonathan P.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-9837-2017

Articles | Volume 17, issue 16

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-9837-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-9837-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 17, issue 16

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22 Aug 2017

Research article |

| 22 Aug 2017

A complete parameterisation of the relative humidity and wavelength dependence of the refractive index of hygroscopic inorganic aerosol particles

Michael I. Cotterell, Rose E. Willoughby, Bryan R. Bzdek, Andrew J. Orr-Ewing, and Jonathan P. Reid

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RC1: 'Review', Anonymous Referee #1, 03 Apr 2017
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RC2: 'review of Cotterell et al', Anonymous Referee #2, 08 May 2017
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Short summary

The optical properties of aerosols are required to analyse measurements of aerosol properties, estimate radiative forcing and interpret remote sensing retrievals. We provide comprehensive data sets of the refractive indices of the most important inorganic aerosol constituents, reporting parameterisations for the wavelength and relative humidity dependencies for each system. We assess the accuracy of this study, made on single trapped particles, against previous less comprehensive data sets.