Photodissociation in the atmosphere: 1. Actinic flux and the effects of ground reflections and clouds
Photodissociation in the atmosphere: 1. Actinic flux and the effects of ground reflections and clouds
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DOI:
10.1029/jd092id08p09740
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1987-08
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S. Madronich
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S. Madronich
The actinic flux must be distinguished from other radiometric quantities such as the irradiance. This distinction shows that (1) a fraction of the recent atmospheric chemistry literature contains improperly calculated rates of photodissociation, and (2) photodissociation rate coefficients inside clouds, and particularly inside cloud droplets, can frequently exceed the clear-sky values, in contrast to current usage in cloud chemistry models. Both of these findings are traceable to the ∼2 cos θ factor incurred in the actinic flux (but not in the irradiance) when the solar beam is scattered and diffused into nearly isotropic light.