Average Aerosol

Categories
TERRESTRIAL AEROSOLS
Summary: AVERAGE SCATTERING MATRICES
Terrestrial Aerosols Subcategories
Volcanic
Desert dust
Clay
Main constituent
Silicates (feldspar, red clay, quartz, loess, Pinatubo volcanic ash, Lokon volcanic ash, Sahara sand)
Practical significance

Interpretation of remote sensing data. Analogues of other planets' atmospheric dust, and dust in comets, asteroids, and circumstellar shells

Particle size Fraunhofer: reff (μm)
reff between 1 and 8 micrometers
Size distribution plot:
Number size distribution
Projected-surface-area distribution
Particle shape

Irregular

Color
various
Scattering matrix (1) wavelength in nm
442.00 nm
Scattering matrix (1) table
matrix_averageaerosol.txt
Scattering matrix (1) plot:
Average of measurements for seven mineral samples at 441.6nm and 632.8nm the yellow regions are the domains in which the individual measurements lie.
Refractive index

Estimated to be in the range [1.5-1.7] + i[0.00001-0.001]

Scattering matrix from combined 441.6 nm and 632.8 nm. 

Angle range (deg)
[5,175]
Reference/s
Volten et al., 2001