This directory contains Mie optical properties defined at 470 bands
ranging from 0.3-5.0um at 10nm resolution.  Each file contains the
specific extinction cross-section (ext_cff_mss), single-scatter albedo
(ss_alb), and scattering asymmetry parameter (asm_prm), among other
self-described variables in the NetCDF files.

Files are:

ice_wrn_RRRR.nc: ice spheres in air, using Warren and Brandt (2008)
refractive index data, where RRRR indicates the ice effective radius
in microns.

bbl_RRRR.nc: air bubbles in ice, where RRRR indicates the bubble
effective radius in microns.

mie_sot_ChC90_dns_1317.nc: Black carbon in air, with refractive index
data from Chang and Charalampopoulos (1990), number median radius of
50nm (effective radius of 75nm), geometric standard deviation of 1.5,
and density of 1317 kg/m3. These are the properties applied in Flanner
et al (2007) for hydrophobic BC.

miecot_slfsot_ChC90_dns_1317.nc: Save as above, but with a sulfate
shell covering the BC particle with a radius 1.5x the BC
radius. *NOTE* The variable "ext_cff_mss" provides the extinction
cross-section normalized to the mass of BC+sulfate.  The variable
"ext_cff_mss_cor" gives the extinction cross-section normalized to the
mass of the BC core.  So to achieve the absorption enhancement that
these particles are intended to give, "ext_cff_mss_cor" should be
applied.  These are the properties applied in Flanner et al (2007) for
hydrophilic BC.

aer_dst_bln_20060904_01.nc: Size 1 (smallest) of dust properties that
are intended to represent "global-mean" properties. The dust consists
of a mixture (by volume) of quartz (47.6%), limestone (2%),
montmorillonite (25%), illite (25%), and hematitie (0.4%), with
refractive indices solved for using the Maxwell-Garnett approximation.
The particle radius range for size 1 is 0.05-0.5um.

aer_dst_bln_20060904_02.nc: Size 2 of the dust described above, with
radius range of 0.5-1.25um.

aer_dst_bln_20060904_03.nc: Size 3 of the dust described above, with
radius range of 1.25-2.50um.

aer_dst_bln_20060904_04.nc: Size 4 of the dust described above, with
radius range of 2.50-5.00um.

