Optical properties of aerosols and clouds: The software package OPAC

From: Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society | Date: May 1, 1998| Author: Hess, M; Koepke, P; Schult, I | Copyright information

M. Hess,* P. Koepke,* and I. Schult+

ABSTRACT

The software package OPAC (Optical Properties of Aerosols and Clouds) is described. It easily provides optical properties in the solar and terrestrial spectral range of atmospheric particulate matter. Microphysical and optical properties of six water clouds, three ice clouds, and 10 aerosol components, which are considered as typical cases, are stored as ASCII files. The optical properties are the extinction, scattering, and absorp...

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