Average Aerosol
Practical significance
Interpretation of remote sensing data. Analogues of other planets' atmospheric dust, and dust in comets, asteroids, and circumstellar shells
Main constituent
Silicates (feldspar, red clay, quartz, loess, Pinatubo volcanic ash, Lokon volcanic ash, Sahara sand)
Color
various
Particle size Fraunhofer: reff (μm)
reff between 1 and 8 micrometers
Size distribution plot:
Particle shape
Irregular
Scattering matrix (1) wavelength in nm
442.00 nm
Scattering matrix (1) table
Scattering matrix (1) plot:
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