Desert Dust, Sahara Sand (Libya)
Categories
TERRESTRIAL AEROSOLS
Summary: AEROSOLS
Cosmic analogs subcategories
Asteroids
Circumstellar shells
Comets
Terrestrial Aerosols Subcategories
Desert dust
Origin
Sahara desert in Libya.
Main constituent
Desert dust particles composed of a variety of different minerals, including a large fraction of quartz
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)
124.75
Particle size Fraunhofer: veff
0.15
Size distribution plot:
Size distribution table
Imaging
SEM
OPTICAL
SEM/TEM images:
All SEM/TEM images (zip file)
Images:
Color
Brownish
Scattering matrix (1) wavelength in nm
632.80 nm
Scattering matrix (1) table
Scattering matrix (1) plot:
Synthetic scattering matrix (1) wavelength in nm
632.80nm
Synthetic scattering matrix (1) table F
Refractive index
The estimated average is 1.5 + i0.004.
Angle range (deg)
[4,174]
Reference/s