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variable group > aerosol variables > aerosol particle light backscatter Ångström exponent

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aerosol particle light backscatter Ångström exponent  

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  • The aerosol particle backscatter Ångström exponent is the Angstrom exponent obtained for the aerosol backscattering instead of aerosol optical thickness and is alpha in the relating aerosol backscatter at the wavelength lambda as a function of aerosol backscattering at a different wavelength lambda0: back(lambda) = back(lambda0) * [lambda/lambda0] ** (-1 * alpha).

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  • aerosol backscatter Ångström exponent

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