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Basic Aerosol Solid Components Data Files
Complex Refraction Indices: m = p-iq


component identifications- column 1;
number of real and imaginary parts of complex refractive index - column 2;
temperature (K)- column 3;
available spectral range (micron) - columns 4 to 7;
references - column 8

Components*
#

p/q

refraction 

indices

Temperature K
P
q
References
Wavelength (micron)
min
max
min 
max 
Ammonium Sulfate (Crystalline form)
61/61
T=293 K
(assumed)
0.2
40
0.2
40
Toon et al., 1976
Ash
61/61
T=293 K
(assumed)
0.2
40
0.2
40
Volz F., 1972a, 1973; Shettle and Fenn, 1979.
Carbonaceous
61/61
T=293 K
(assumed)
0.2
40
0.2
40
Shettle and Fenn, 1979; Twitty, J. T. and Weinman, 1971
Dust-Like
61/61
T=293 K
(assumed)
0.2
40
0.2
40
Volz F., 1972a, 1973; Shettle and Fenn, 1979.
Hematite

(Iron Oxide)

68/68
T=293 K
(assumed)
0.2
300
0.2
300
Longtin et al., 1988; Galuza et al., 1979; Kerker et al., 1979; Steyer, 1974; Onari, 1977
Insoluble
61/61
T=293 K
(assumed)
0.25
40
0.25
40
Shettle and Fenn, 1979
Meteoric Dust
62/62
 
0.2
50
0.2
50
Fenn et al., 1985; Shettle, and Volz, 1976
Mineral (nucleus mode)
61/61
T=293 K
(assumed)
0.25
40
0.25
40
Carson and Benjamin, 1980; Sokolik et al., 1993
Mineral (accumulation mode)
61/61
T=293 K
(assumed)
0.25
40
0.25
40
Carson and Benjamin, 1980; Sokolik et al., 1993
Mineral (coarse mode)
61/61
T=293 K
(assumed)
0.25
40
0.25
40
Carson and Benjamin, 1980; Sokolik et al., 1993
Mineral-transported
61/61
T=293 K
(assumed)
0.25
40
0.25
40
Carson and Benjamin, 1980; Sokolik et al., 1993
Quartz
68/68
T=293 K
(assumed)
0.2
300
0.2
300
Gray, 1963; Drummond, 1936; Spitzer, and Kleinman, 1961; Philipp, 1985; Longtin et al., 1988.
Sand
68/68
T=293 K
(assumed)
0.2
300
0.2
300
Longtin et al., 1988
Sea Salt

(Crystalline form)

61/61
T=293 K
(assumed)
0.2
40
0.2
40
Dorsey, 1940; Volz, 1972a; 
Shettle and Fenn, 1979;
Sea salt (accumulation mode)
61/61
T=293 K
(assumed)
0.25
40
0.25
40
Shettle and Fenn, 1979
Sea salt (coarse mode)
61/61
T=293 K
(assumed)
0.25
40
0.25
40
Shettle and Fenn, 1979
Sodium Chloride (Crystalline form)
90/90
T=293 K
(assumed)
0.2
30000
0.2
30000
Eldridge and Palik, 1985
Soot
61/61
T=293 K
(assumed)
0.25
40
0.25
40
Shettle and Fenn, 1979
Volcanic Dust
61/61
T=293 K
(assumed)
0.2
40
0.2
40
Volz, F. E. , 1973

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