FORMAT OF BINARY FILES USED BY THE AEROCOMP
PROGRAM
The i_*.dat binary files delivered with
the AEROCOMP program are the 2D arrays (61columns x 210 lines) of the real
numbers (Float, 4 bytes) stored as the disk files. They comprise the following
data:
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The first line contains the order numbers (stored
as float, 4 bytes) from 1 to 61;
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The second line (i.e. the records number from 62
to 122) contains the values of wavelengths from 0.2 to 40 micrometers;
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The third line contains the extinction coefficients
in km-1 at the particle number concentration N=1 particle per
cm3 at wavelengths from the line two;
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The fourth line contains the single albedo values
at the above mentioned wavelengths;
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The fifth line contains the assymetry factors at
the above mentioned wavelengths;
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The sixth line contains the normalization factors
at the above mentioned wavelengths;
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The rest 204 lines from 7 to 210 contain the phase
function values at the above mentioned wavelengths and at 204 angles from
the ug_204.dat file: e.g. the line 7 contains the phase function
values at the first angle value from the ug_204.dat file (0 degrees),
the line 8 contains the phase function values at 0.02 degrees (second value
from the ug_204.dat file), etc...
The detailed description and the explicit
formulas for the above cited optical parameters can be found in Rublev,
1994.
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