Inverse problem for particle size distributions of atmospheric aerosols using stochastic particle swarm optimization |
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Authors: | Yuan Yuan Yong Shuai |
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Institution: | School of Energy Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, 92, West Dazhi street, Harbin 150001, PR China |
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Abstract: | As a part of resolving optical properties in atmosphere radiative transfer calculations, this paper focuses on obtaining aerosol optical thicknesses (AOTs) in the visible and near infrared wave band through indirect method by gleaning the values of aerosol particle size distribution parameters. Although various inverse techniques have been applied to obtain values for these parameters, we choose a stochastic particle swarm optimization (SPSO) algorithm to perform an inverse calculation. Computational performances of different inverse methods are investigated and the influence of swarm size on the inverse problem of computation particles is examined. Next, computational efficiencies of various particle size distributions and the influences of the measured errors on computational accuracy are compared. Finally, we recover particle size distributions for atmospheric aerosols over Beijing using the measured AOT data (at wavelengths λ=0.400, 0.690, 0.870, and 1.020 μm) obtained from AERONET at different times and then calculate other AOT values for this band based on the inverse results. With calculations agreeing with measured data, the SPSO algorithm shows good practicability. |
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Keywords: | Radiative properties Stochastic particle swarm optimization Aerosol optical thickness MIE theory |
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