aerosol extinction coefficient derivations

  1. aerosol extinction coefficient from aerosol optical depth

    symbol

    description

    unit

    variable name

    \(z^{B}(l)\)

    altitude boundaries (\(l \in \{1,2\}\))

    \(m\)

    altitude_bounds {:,2}

    \(\sigma\)

    aerosol extinction coefficient

    \(\frac{1}{m}\)

    aerosol_extinction_coefficient {:}

    \(\tau\)

    aerosol optical depth

    \(-\)

    aerosol_optical_depth {:}

    The pattern : for the dimensions can represent {vertical}, {latitude,longitude}, {latitude,longitude,vertical}, {time}, {time,vertical}, {time,latitude,longitude}, {time,latitude,longitude,vertical}, or no dimensions at all.

    \[\sigma = \frac{\tau}{\lvert z^{B}(2) - z^{B}(1) \rvert}\]