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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-14005-2020
© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
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Research article
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19 Nov 2020
Research article |
| 19 Nov 2020
| 19 Nov 2020
Is the near-spherical shape the “new black” for smoke?
National Observatory of Athens/IAASARS, Athens, Greece
Laboratory of Atmospheric Physics, Physics Department, Aristotle
University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
Alexandra Tsekeri
National Observatory of Athens/IAASARS, Athens, Greece
Vassilis Amiridis
National Observatory of Athens/IAASARS, Athens, Greece
Romain Ceolato
ONERA, The French Aerospace Lab, Toulouse, France
Lucas Paulien
ONERA, The French Aerospace Lab, Toulouse, France
Anna Kampouri
National Observatory of Athens/IAASARS, Athens, Greece
Department of Meteorology and Climatology, School of Geology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
Antonis Gkikas
National Observatory of Athens/IAASARS, Athens, Greece
Stavros Solomos
Research Centre for Atmospheric Physics and Climatology, Academy of
Athens, Athens, Greece
National Observatory of Athens/IAASARS, Athens, Greece
Eleni Marinou
Institute of Atmospheric Physics, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany
National Observatory of Athens/IAASARS, Athens, Greece
Moritz Haarig
Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research (TROPOS), Leipzig,
Germany
Holger Baars
Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research (TROPOS), Leipzig,
Germany
Albert Ansmann
Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research (TROPOS), Leipzig,
Germany
Tatyana Lapyonok
Laboratoire d'Optique Atmosphérique, CNRS/Université Lille,
Villeneuve-d'Ascq, France
Anton Lopatin
GRASP-SAS, Villeneuve-d'Ascq, France
Oleg Dubovik
Laboratoire d'Optique Atmosphérique, CNRS/Université Lille,
Villeneuve-d'Ascq, France
Silke Groß
Institute of Atmospheric Physics, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany
Martin Wirth
Institute of Atmospheric Physics, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany
Maria Tsichla
National Observatory of Athens/IAASARS, Athens, Greece
Environmental Chemical Processes Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of Crete, Crete, Greece
Ioanna Tsikoudi
National Observatory of Athens/IAASARS, Athens, Greece
Department of Environmental Physics and Meteorology, University of Athens, Athens, Greece
Dimitris Balis
Laboratory of Atmospheric Physics, Physics Department, Aristotle
University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
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Short summary
Stratospheric smoke particles are found to significantly depolarize incident light, while this effect is also accompanied by a strong spectral dependence. We utilize scattering simulations to show that this behaviour can be attributed to the near-spherical shape of the particles. We also examine whether an extension of the current AERONET scattering model to include the near-spherical shapes could be of benefit to the AERONET retrieval for stratospheric smoke associated with enhanced PLDR.
Stratospheric smoke particles are found to significantly depolarize incident light, while this...
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