The extinction coefficient is one of the critical parameters of the aerosols optical properties. In this study, the influence of relative humidity on the extinction coefficient of spherical particles has been carefully investigated, based on combining the Mie scattering theory with the humidity growth model of the particle size and the refractive index. The results indicate that the particle size increases and the refractive index decreases with the increase of relative humidity in the range 60%-95% when the incident wavelength is 808nm, which leads to the right shift of the extinction coefficient curve as well as the more obvious fluctuation of the curve. Furthermore, the extinction coefficient of small particles exponentially increases with the increase of relative humidity, while that of the larger particle decreases with small fluctuations. In addition, the law between the extinction coefficient and the relative humidity for small particles remain unchanged under different incident light conditions. The results of this work provide an important theoretical guidance for the study of the optical properties of aerosols and the atmospheric environmental quality.
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The Effect of Relative Humidity on the Extinction Coefficient of Aerosols. Chinese Journal of Light Scattering. 2017, 29(3): 251-256 https://doi.org/10.13883/j.issn1004-5929.201703011