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Atmospheric scatterers Air molecules ~0.0004 µm Most aerosol (>0.01 µm) Cloud drops (typically 5-10 µm) Rain drops Ice crystals (hail, etc. greater) Wavelength Frequency Coarse aerosol (sand, dust sea salt) size < > wavelength

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Page 1: Atmospheric scatterers Air molecules ~0.0004 µm Most aerosol (>0.01 µm) Cloud drops (typically 5-10 µm) Rain drops Ice crystals (hail, etc. greater) Wavelength

Atmospheric scatterers

Air molecules~0.0004 µm

Most aerosol(>0.01 µm)

Cloud drops(typically 5-10 µm)

Rain drops

Ice crystals(hail, etc. greater)

Wavelength Frequency

Coarse aerosol(sand, dust

sea salt)

size

<>≈ wavelength

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How we can describe radiation Direction, wiggliness, polarization, radiative quantities (e.g., flux, radiance, albedo)

surface reflection, concept of extinction, radiative transfer equation

Direction = zenith angle= azimuth (from North to East)u = cos()µ = |u|Subscript 0: radiation coming from Sun

If interested in not a single specific direction: solid angle ()

surface

radius2

For entire sphere:

4r2

r24

(steradian, unitless)

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Wiggliness

Wavelength (): µm (10-6 m), nm (10-9 m), A (10-10 m)

Wavenumber = 1/mof waves in unit dist.

Frequency () = c/sHz (Hertz)of waves passing a point in 1 s

c = 3.108 m/s (speed of light)

Amplitude(A) (not used very often)

Energy (E): W (E ~ A· )

˜

Wavelength Frequency

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Radiative quantities

Wm-2µm-1

F F

Flux or irradiance (F): total energy of radiation crossing a surface

Broadband flux: Wm-2

Spectral flux:

F F

Wm-2Hz-1

Radiance or intensity (I): energy of radiation crossing a surface in a particular direction

Broadband radiance: I Wm-2sr-1

Spectral radiance: Wm-2sr-1 µm-1

Spectral radiance: Wm-2sr-1Hz-1

I I

I I

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Radiation at surface

Surface of the Earth:

AE 4RE2

Global average irradiance = S0/4 (or F0/4)

F E intercepted

A

F0 Acos0

AF0 cos0

Consequences in weather and climate?• D• S• L

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Radiation at surface (continued)

Since flux is integral of intensity:

Downward flux:

F I d I , 0

/ 2

0

2

2 sin cos d d I ,

0

1

0

2

udud

Upward flux:

F I d I , / 2

0

2

2 sin cos d d I ,

1

0

0

2

udud

Albedo ():

0 Freflected

FincomingAlbedo values for natural surfaces (%)

Fresh, dry snow: 70-90Old, melting snow: 35-65Sand, desert: 25-40Dry vegetation: 20-30Deciduous forest: 15-25Grass: 15-25Ocean (low sun): 10-70Bare soil: 10-25Coniferous forest: 10-15Ocean (high sun): < 10

For isotropic radiation (intensity same in all directions):(real-life experience)

F F I

We used above that

du d cos sin dand that

d sin d d

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The extinction law

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Extinction Law

• The extinction law can be written as

dsIkdI )(

• The constant of proportionality is defined as the extinction coefficient. k can be defined by the length of the absorbing path with the gas at one atmosphere pressure

)()( 1 mdsI

dIk

Page 9: Atmospheric scatterers Air molecules ~0.0004 µm Most aerosol (>0.01 µm) Cloud drops (typically 5-10 µm) Rain drops Ice crystals (hail, etc. greater) Wavelength

Optical depth

• Normally we are interested in the total extinction over a finite distance (path length)

s s s

nms nkdskdskds0 0 0

)(')(')(')(

Where S() is the extinction optical depth

• The integrated form of the extinction equation becomes

)(exp),0(),( sIsI

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Extinction = scattering + absorption

• Extinction really consists of two distinct processes, scattering and absorption, hence

)()()( ascs

)',()(

)',()(

0

0

sds

sds

i

sii

a

i

sii

sc

where

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Differential equation of radiative transfer

• We must now add the process called emission.

• We introduce an emission coefficient, jν• Combining the extinction law with the definition of the

emission coefficient

dsjdsIkdI )(

noting that:

)(

)(

k

jI

d

dI

ddsk

s

s

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Differential equation of radiative transfer

• The ratio j/k() is known as the source function,

)(

k

jS

SI

d

dI

s

This is the differential equation of radiative transfer

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Scattering

• Two types of scattering are considered – molecular scattering (Rayleigh) and scattering from aerosols (Mie)

• The equation for Rayleigh scattering can be written as

nRAY ()

83

2

4

p2

• Where α is the polarizability

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Differential Equation of Radiative Transfer

• Introduce two additional parameters. B, the Planck function, and a , the single scattering albedo (the ratio of the scattering cross section to the extinction coefficient).

• The complete time-independent radiative transfer equation which includes both scattering and absorption is

4

)ˆ,'ˆ('4

)()()(1 Ipd

aTBaI

d

dI

s

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Solution for Zero Scattering

• If there is no scattering, e.g. in the thermal infrared, then the equation becomes

dI

d S

I B (T)

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Transmittance

• For monochromatic radiation the transmittance, T, is given simply by

/);( eT

• But now we must consider how to deal with radiation that is not monochromatic. In this case the integration must be made over all frequencies.

• Absorption cross section at high spectral resolution are available in tabular form – HITRAN.

• But usually an average value over a frequency interval is used.