Summary: Atmos. Chem. Phys., 7, 3341­3351, 2007
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Atmospheric
Chemistry
and Physics
Aerosol single-scattering albedo and asymmetry parameter from
MFRSR observations during the ARM Aerosol IOP 2003
E. I. Kassianov1, C. J. Flynn1, T. P. Ackerman2, and J. C. Barnard1
1Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, 99352, USA
2University of Washington, Seattle, 98195, USA
Received: 30 October 2006 ­ Published in Atmos. Chem. Phys. Discuss.: 21 December 2006
Revised: 10 April 2007 ­ Accepted: 6 June 2007 ­ Published: 27 June 2007
Abstract. Multi-filter Rotating Shadowband Radiometers
(MFRSRs) provide routine measurements of the aerosol op-
tical depth () at six wavelengths (0.415, 0.5, 0.615, 0.673,
0.870 and 0.94 µm). The single-scattering albedo ( 0) is
typically estimated from the MFRSR measurements by as-
suming the asymmetry parameter (g). In most instances,

Source: Ackerman, Thomas P. - Department of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Washington at Seattle
Ecole Polytechnique, Centre de mathématiques

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