Complex refractive indices in the ultraviolet and visible spectral region for highly absorbing non-spherical biomass burning aerosol

Womack, Caroline C.; Manfred, Katherine M.; Wagner, Nicholas L.; Adler, Gabriela; Franchin, Alessandro; Lamb, Kara D.; Middlebrook, Ann M.; Schwarz, Joshua P.; Brock, Charles A.; Brown, Steven S.; Washenfelder, Rebecca A.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-7235-2021

Articles | Volume 21, issue 9

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-7235-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-7235-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 21, issue 9

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12 May 2021

Research article |

| 12 May 2021

Complex refractive indices in the ultraviolet and visible spectral region for highly absorbing non-spherical biomass burning aerosol

Caroline C. Womack, Katherine M. Manfred, Nicholas L. Wagner, Gabriela Adler, Alessandro Franchin, Kara D. Lamb, Ann M. Middlebrook, Joshua P. Schwarz, Charles A. Brock, Steven S. Brown, and Rebecca A. Washenfelder

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RC1: 'A few minor questions and comments - see attached pdf for better formatting.', Anonymous Referee #1, 05 Jan 2021
RC2: 'Review of Caroline et al.', Anonymous Referee #2, 02 Feb 2021
AC1: 'Comment on acp-2020-1200', Caroline Womack, 19 Mar 2021

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ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (06 Apr 2021) by Manvendra Krishna Dubey

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Microscopic particles interact with sunlight and affect the earth's climate in ways that are not fully understood. Aerosols from wildfire smoke present particular challenges due to their complexity in shape and composition. We demonstrate that we can experimentally measure aerosol optical properties for many types of smoke particles, using measurements of smoke from controlled burns, but that the method does not work well for smoke with high soot content.