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                             AEROGUI
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  AEROgui: A graphic user interface for the optical properties of aerosols

Basic instructions

1. The directory where this file is located must be the Matlab working
   directory.

2. Type AEROGUI in the Matlab command line.

3. Select one of these output units
    a) m2/g
    b) km-1

4. Select between

    a) atmosphere mode: to compute the optical properties of an atmosphere
                        with external and/or internal mixture of aerosol 
                        components. The inputs will be introduced manually.

    b) batch mode:      to compute the optical properties of pure aerosol 
                        components or internally-mixed components. The inputs
                        will come from a file created by the user according to
                        a predetermined format. The file will contain several 
                        colums

  More details can be found in the interface help buttons.

5. The optical properties computed with the interface will appear in the
   OUTPUTS folder. 

   A) ATMOSPHERE MODE (RUN-atm-# directory, being # a sequential number)
     
      The output will have the following columns
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       lambda EXT SCA ABS SSA ASYM AOD
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       lambda: wavelength in microns
       EXT:  extinction coefficient (in m2/g or km-1)
       SCA:  extinction coefficient (in m2/g or km-1)
       ABS:  extinction coefficient (in m2/g or km-1)
       SSA:  single-scattering albedo
       ASYM: asymmetry parameter
       AOD:  Aerosol optical depth of the layer (only for km-1 units)
    
      The output will be the following files

        -  01_mixing_opt.txt: aerosol optical properties of the mixing layer
        -  1_mixing_*.txt:    optical properties of each component

        -  02_dust_opt.txt:   aerosol optical properties of the dust layer
        -  2_dust_*.txt:      optical properties of each component

        -  03_tropos_opt.txt: aerosol optical properties of the free troposphere
        -  3_tropos_*.txt:    optical properties of each component

        -  04_mixing_opt.txt: aerosol optical properties of the stratosphere
        -  4_mixing_*.txt:    optical properties of each component

        -  00_all.txt:        aerosol optical properties of the whole atmosphere 

   B) BATCH MODE (RUN-batch-#, being # a sequential number)
      If the input file is namefile, the output files will be 
 
        -  namefile-absorption_amplification.txt: the output in columns will be
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            Rcore  fcoat  abs_enh
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            Rcore: core radius (in microns)
            fcoat=(Rshell-Rcore)/Rcore, being Rshell the shell radius
            abs_enh=ABS(mix)/ABS(core), being ABS(mix) the absorption coeffient of the
                                   internal mixture of the components
                                  ABS(core) is the absorption coeffient of
                                   the core component
            If the selected mixing rule is not shell-and-core, just ignore the first two 
            columns 


        -  filename_pure_opt_prop.txt: core optical properties, with the columns
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            lambda EXT SCA ABS SSA ASYM 
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        -  filename_*_opt_prop.txt: internal mixture optical properties,
                                         with the columns   
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            lambda EXT SCA ABS SSA ASYM 
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Roberto PEDROS
Earth Physics Department
University of Valencia
C/ Dr Moliner 50
46100 Burjassot
Spain

Telephone: +34 963 543 139
E-mail:    pedrose@uv.es

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