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Research article
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18 Apr 2018
Research article |
| 18 Apr 2018
| 18 Apr 2018
Determination of the refractive index of insoluble organic extracts from atmospheric aerosol over the visible wavelength range using optical tweezers
Rosalie H. Shepherd
Central Laser Facility, Research Complex, STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Oxford, OX11 0FA, UK
Department of Earth Sciences, Royal Holloway University of London, Egham, Surrey, TW20 0EX, UK
Department of Earth Sciences, Royal Holloway University of London, Egham, Surrey, TW20 0EX, UK
Amelia A. Marks
British Antarctic Survey, High Cross, Madingley Road, Cambridge, CB3 0ET, UK
Neil Brough
British Antarctic Survey, High Cross, Madingley Road, Cambridge, CB3 0ET, UK
Andrew D. Ward
Central Laser Facility, Research Complex, STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Oxford, OX11 0FA, UK
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The refractive index of atmospheric extracts sourced from urban (London), remote (Antarctica), and woodsmoke aerosol was determined by applying optical trapping simultaneously with Mie spectroscopy. In addition, owing to the absorbing nature of woodsmoke and an aqueous humic acid aerosol extract, the absorption Ångström exponent could be determined.The refractive index and absorption Ångström exponent were then applied in a top-of-the-atmosphere albedo radiation transfer model.
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