Morphology and mixing state of aged soot particles at a remote marine free troposphere site: Implications for optical properties
The article of record as published may be found at http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2014GL062404 The data for this paper are available upon request from the authors. The radiative properties of soot particles depend on their morphology and mixing state, but their evolution during transport is still elusive...
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ftnavalpschool:oai:calhoun.nps.edu:10945/57134 2024-06-09T07:48:17+00:00 Morphology and mixing state of aged soot particles at a remote marine free troposphere site: Implications for optical properties China, Swarup Scarnato, Barbara Owen, Robert C. Zhang, Bo Ampadu, Marian T. Kumar, Sumit Dzepina, Katja Dziobak, Michael P. Fialho, Paulo Perlinger, Judith A. Hueber, Jacques Helmig, Detlev Mazzoleni, Lynn R. Mazzoleni, Claudio Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.) Meteorology 2015-02-18 8 p. application/pdf https://hdl.handle.net/10945/57134 unknown AGU Publications https://hdl.handle.net/10945/57134 This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States. Long-range transported soot in the free troposphere is very compact Soot compaction increases single scattering albedo and reduces direct forcing Mie model might provide a reasonable approximation in remote marine atmosphere Article 2015 ftnavalpschool 2024-05-15T00:32:04Z The article of record as published may be found at http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2014GL062404 The data for this paper are available upon request from the authors. The radiative properties of soot particles depend on their morphology and mixing state, but their evolution during transport is still elusive. Here we report observations from an electron microscopy analysis of individual particles transported in the free troposphere over long distances to the remote Pico Mountain Observatory in the Azores in the North Atlantic. Approximately 70% of the soot particles were highly compact and of those 26% were thinly coated. Discrete dipole approximation simulations indicate that this compaction results in an increase in soot single scattering albedo by a factor of ≤2.17. The top of the atmosphere direct radiative forcing is typically smaller for highly compact than mass-equivalent lacy soot. The forcing estimated using Mie theory is within 12% of the forcing estimated using the discrete dipole approximation for a high surface albedo, implying that Mie calculations may provide a reasonable approximation for compact soot above remote marine clouds. U.S. Department of Energy’s Atmospheric System Research grant DE-SC0006941 National Science Foundation grant AGS-1110059 NASA’s Earth and Space Science Graduate Fellowship grant NNX13AN68H U.S. Department of Energy’s Atmospheric System Research National Science Foundation NASA’s Earth and Space Science Graduate Fellowship Earth Planetary and Space Sciences Institute Article in Journal/Newspaper North Atlantic Naval Postgraduate School: Calhoun |
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Long-range transported soot in the free troposphere is very compact Soot compaction increases single scattering albedo and reduces direct forcing Mie model might provide a reasonable approximation in remote marine atmosphere |
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Long-range transported soot in the free troposphere is very compact Soot compaction increases single scattering albedo and reduces direct forcing Mie model might provide a reasonable approximation in remote marine atmosphere China, Swarup Scarnato, Barbara Owen, Robert C. Zhang, Bo Ampadu, Marian T. Kumar, Sumit Dzepina, Katja Dziobak, Michael P. Fialho, Paulo Perlinger, Judith A. Hueber, Jacques Helmig, Detlev Mazzoleni, Lynn R. Mazzoleni, Claudio Morphology and mixing state of aged soot particles at a remote marine free troposphere site: Implications for optical properties |
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Long-range transported soot in the free troposphere is very compact Soot compaction increases single scattering albedo and reduces direct forcing Mie model might provide a reasonable approximation in remote marine atmosphere |
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The article of record as published may be found at http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2014GL062404 The data for this paper are available upon request from the authors. The radiative properties of soot particles depend on their morphology and mixing state, but their evolution during transport is still elusive. Here we report observations from an electron microscopy analysis of individual particles transported in the free troposphere over long distances to the remote Pico Mountain Observatory in the Azores in the North Atlantic. Approximately 70% of the soot particles were highly compact and of those 26% were thinly coated. Discrete dipole approximation simulations indicate that this compaction results in an increase in soot single scattering albedo by a factor of ≤2.17. The top of the atmosphere direct radiative forcing is typically smaller for highly compact than mass-equivalent lacy soot. The forcing estimated using Mie theory is within 12% of the forcing estimated using the discrete dipole approximation for a high surface albedo, implying that Mie calculations may provide a reasonable approximation for compact soot above remote marine clouds. U.S. Department of Energy’s Atmospheric System Research grant DE-SC0006941 National Science Foundation grant AGS-1110059 NASA’s Earth and Space Science Graduate Fellowship grant NNX13AN68H U.S. Department of Energy’s Atmospheric System Research National Science Foundation NASA’s Earth and Space Science Graduate Fellowship Earth Planetary and Space Sciences Institute |
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China, Swarup Scarnato, Barbara Owen, Robert C. Zhang, Bo Ampadu, Marian T. Kumar, Sumit Dzepina, Katja Dziobak, Michael P. Fialho, Paulo Perlinger, Judith A. Hueber, Jacques Helmig, Detlev Mazzoleni, Lynn R. Mazzoleni, Claudio |
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China, Swarup Scarnato, Barbara Owen, Robert C. Zhang, Bo Ampadu, Marian T. Kumar, Sumit Dzepina, Katja Dziobak, Michael P. Fialho, Paulo Perlinger, Judith A. Hueber, Jacques Helmig, Detlev Mazzoleni, Lynn R. Mazzoleni, Claudio |
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Morphology and mixing state of aged soot particles at a remote marine free troposphere site: Implications for optical properties |
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Morphology and mixing state of aged soot particles at a remote marine free troposphere site: Implications for optical properties |
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Morphology and mixing state of aged soot particles at a remote marine free troposphere site: Implications for optical properties |
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Morphology and mixing state of aged soot particles at a remote marine free troposphere site: Implications for optical properties |
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Morphology and mixing state of aged soot particles at a remote marine free troposphere site: Implications for optical properties |
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morphology and mixing state of aged soot particles at a remote marine free troposphere site: implications for optical properties |
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