Categories
TERRESTRIAL AEROSOLS
Summary: AVERAGE SCATTERING MATRICES
Terrestrial Aerosols Subcategories
Desert dust
Origin
two aerosol matrices combined: 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
Particle size
Particle shape
irregular
Refractive index
estimated to be in the range [1.5-1.7] + i[0.00001-0.001]
Color
various
Scattering matrix (1) wavelength in nm
488
Scattering matrix (1) plot
Scattering matrix (1) table
Scattering matrix (2) wavelength in nm
647
Scattering matrix (2) plot
Scattering matrix (2) table
Synthetic scattering matrix (1) wavelength in nm
488
Synthetic scattering matrix (1) table M
Synthetic scattering matrix (2) wavelength in nm
647
Synthetic scattering matrix (2) table M
Angle range (deg)
[5,175]
Paper (pdf)
Full reference paper
Gómez Martín JC, Guirado D, Frattin E, Bermudez-Edo M, Cariñanos Gonzalez P, Olmo Reyes FJ, Nousiainen T, Gutiérrez PJ, Moreno F, Muñoz. On the application of scattering matrix measurements to detection and identification of major types of airborne aerosol particles: Volcanic ash, desert dust and pollen. Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer, 271, p. 107761, 2021
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