Average Desert Dust
Categories
TERRESTRIAL AEROSOLS
Summary: AVERAGE SCATTERING MATRICES
Terrestrial Aerosols Subcategories
Desert dust
Origin
Two combined aerosol matrices: Gobi desert dust collected in Beijing and Sahara sand taken from the roof of OSN observatory (Granada).
Main constituent
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 Fraunhofer: reff (μm)
3.8
Particle size Fraunhofer: veff
2.8
Color
Various
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:
Synthetic scattering matrix (1) wavelength in nm
488.00nm
Synthetic scattering matrix (1) table M
Synthetic scattering matrix (2) wavelength in nm
647.00nm
Synthetic scattering matrix (2) table M
Refractive index
Estimated to be in the range [1.5-1.7] + i[0.00001-0.001]
Angle range (deg)
[5,175]
Reference/s