Prediction of aerosol distributions parameters according to weather forecast: status report

Itai Dror; Norman S. Kopeika

doi:10.1117/12.137878

1 August 1992 Prediction of aerosol distributions parameters according to weather forecast: status report

Itai Dror, Norman S. Kopeika

Proceedings Volume 1688, Atmospheric Propagation and Remote Sensing; (1992) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.137878
Event: Aerospace Sensing, 1992, Orlando, FL, United States

Abstract

Prediction of wave propagation parameters through an aerosol medium such as scattering and absorption coefficients and scattering phase function is possible if the particulate size distribution is known. In this paper an effort is made to relate the desert particulate size distribution parameters to simple meteorological parameters. All of the size distribution curves showed clear `knees' in their characteristic indicating that the source of the particles is more than one. The particulate size distributions were well fitted to a Trimodal log normal distribution. This good agreement suggests that the particulate size distribution is composed from three separate sources. The first and second sources are due to the local particles which exist in the location of the measurement, contributing to the smaller radii of the size distribution. The third source is large particles which are transferred from large deserts like the Sahara desert by dust carrying winds. These particles contribute to the larger radii end of the distribution. The size distribution parameters were related to meteorological parameters. The most dominant parameter was relative humidity. Using this model it should be possible to predict the particulate size distribution from meteorological data. Prediction of particulate size distribution allows the prediction of aerosol Modulation Transfer Function which is crucial in the prediction of image quality propagating through aerosols.

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Itai Dror and Norman S. Kopeika "Prediction of aerosol distributions parameters according to weather forecast: status report", Proc. SPIE 1688, Atmospheric Propagation and Remote Sensing, (1 August 1992); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.137878

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