Retrieving microphysical properties of dust-like particles using ellipsoids: the case of refractive index

Kemppinen, O.; Nousiainen, T.; Merikallio, S.; Räisänen, P.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-15-11117-2015

Articles | Volume 15, issue 19

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-15-11117-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-15-11117-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 15, issue 19

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06 Oct 2015

Research article |

| 06 Oct 2015

Retrieving microphysical properties of dust-like particles using ellipsoids: the case of refractive index

O. Kemppinen, T. Nousiainen, S. Merikallio, and P. Räisänen

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SC C4821: 'Confidence region instead of best-fit values', Maxim A. Yurkin, 13 Jul 2015
RC C4854: 'Review comments on "On retrieving refractive index of dust-like particles using shape distributions of ellipsoids" by Kemppinen et al.', Lei Bi, 14 Jul 2015
RC C6365: 'Review of the paper by Kemppinen et al.', Anonymous Referee #1, 30 Aug 2015
AC C6784: 'Author's response to the comments', Osku Kemppinen, 11 Sep 2015

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Short summary

Combinations of simple mathematical model shapes called ellipsoids are used in many remote sensing and modeling applications to denote dust particles. In this study we investigate how accurately various physical parameters can be retrieved by using ellipsoids. The results show that using ellipsoids can lead to wrong results, while at the same time seeming like they work well. This means that extreme care should be used when using ellipsoids for dust, and extra validation measures should be used.