Articles | Volume 23, issue 17
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-23-10091-2023
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-23-10091-2023
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08 Sep 2023
Research article |  | 08 Sep 2023

Measurements and calculations of enhanced side- and back-scattering of visible radiation by black carbon aggregates

Carynelisa Haspel, Cuiqi Zhang, Martin J. Wolf, Daniel J. Cziczo, and Maor Sela

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Small particles, commonly termed aerosols, can be found throughout the atmosphere and come from both natural and anthropogenic sources. One important type of aerosol is black carbon (BC). In this study, we conducted laboratory measurements of light scattering by particles meant to mimic atmospheric BC and compared them to calculations of scattering. We find that it is likely that calculations underpredict the scattering by BC particles of certain polarizations of light in certain directions.
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