intercomparisons:a4_aerosol_spheroid
Case A 4: Aerosol - spheroidal particles
Setup:
- same settings as case A3 but for spheroidal aerosol particles
- aerosol optical thickness: 0.2
- aerosol optical properties: netCDF,ascii
The variable “phase” includes the phase matrix, as a function of the scattering angle (variable “theta”). The 4×4 scattering phase matrix for spherical droplets has four non-zero elements, which are stored in the following order: $ P = \begin{pmatrix} P1 & P2 & 0 & 0 \\ P2 & P5 & 0 & 0 \\ 0 & 0 & P3 & P4 \\ 0 & 0 & -P4 & P6 \end{pmatrix} $
The corresponding Legendre polynomials (“pmom”) and the single scattering albedo (“ssa”) are also included in the file.
The expansion moments over generalized spherical functions for the phase matrix have been provided by S. Korkin and are available here.
- no molecules
- surface albedo: 0
- transmittance at bottom and reflectance at top of layer
- solar zenith angle sza: 40°
- solar azimuth angle saa: 0°
- viewing zenith angles
- at bottom: vza: 0° - 80°, 5° increment
- at top: vza: 100° - 180°, 5° increment
- viewing azimuth angle vaa: 0° - 180°, 5° increment
Output format:
- The output should be provided in the same format as for case A1 (Rayleigh scattering).
Results
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