Desert Dust, Gobi
Categories
TERRESTRIAL AEROSOLS
Summary: AEROSOLS
Cosmic analogs subcategories
Asteroids
Circumstellar shells
Comets
Others
Terrestrial Aerosols Subcategories
Desert dust
Origin
Collected directly from the top of cars in Beijing during a dust storm in 2006.
Main constituent
Composition considered to be similar to Sahara sand (quartz, clay minerals and calcium carbonate)
Practical significance
Interpretation of remote sensing data. Analogues of other planets' atmospheric dust, and dust in comets, asteroids, and circumstellar shells.
Particle size Mie: reff (μm)
7.6
Particle size Mie: veff
1.6
Particle size Fraunhofer: reff (μm)
4.6
Particle size Fraunhofer: veff
2.9
Size distribution plot:
Imaging
SEM
SEM/TEM images:
All SEM/TEM images (zip file)
Color
Green powder
Scattering matrix (1) wavelength in nm
488.00 nm
Scattering matrix (1) table
Scattering matrix (1) plot:
Scattering matrix (2) wavelength in nm
647.00 nm
Scattering matrix (2) table
Scattering matrix (2) plot:
Refractive index
Estimated to be in the range [1.5 -1.7] + i[0.00001-0.001]
Angle range (deg)
[3,177]
Reference/s