Articles | Volume 13, issue 14
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-13-4081-2016
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-13-4081-2016
Research article
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18 Jul 2016
Research article |  | 18 Jul 2016

Methods to retrieve the complex refractive index of aquatic suspended particles: going beyond simple shapes

Albert-Miquel Sánchez and Jaume Piera

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ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (Editor review) (13 Apr 2016) by Emmanuel Boss
ED: Reconsider after major revisions (18 Apr 2016) by Emmanuel Boss
AR by Lorena Grabowski on behalf of the Authors (20 Apr 2016)  Author's response
ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (20 Apr 2016) by Emmanuel Boss
RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (30 Apr 2016)
RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (10 May 2016)
ED: Reconsider after major revisions (11 May 2016) by Emmanuel Boss
AR by Albert-Miquel Sánchez on behalf of the Authors (03 Jun 2016)  Author's response    Manuscript
ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (Editor review) (12 Jun 2016) by Emmanuel Boss
AR by Albert-Miquel Sánchez on behalf of the Authors (03 Jul 2016)  Author's response    Manuscript
ED: Publish as is (04 Jul 2016) by Emmanuel Boss
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In this paper, several methods for the retrieval of the refractive indices are used in three different examples modeling different shapes and particle size distributions. The error associated with each method is discussed and analyzed. It is finally demonstrated that those inverse methods using a genetic algorithm provide optimal estimations relative to other techniques that, although faster, are less accurate.
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