Average Volcanic Ash (Granada)

Categories

TERRESTRIAL AEROSOLS

Summary: AVERAGE SCATTERING MATRICES

Terrestrial Aerosols Subcategories

Volcanic

Origin

various aerosol matrices combined

Main constituent

various volcanic ashes matrices combined

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)

6.0

Particle size Fraunhofer: veff

7.6

Particle size

Particle shape

irregular

Refractive index

estimated to be in the range [1.48-1.7] + i[0.00001-0.02]

Color

various

Scattering matrix (1) wavelength in nm

combined 441.6 nm and 488 nm

Scattering matrix (1) plot

Averaged measurements for Volcanic Ash at 441.6 nm and 488 nm

Scattering matrix (1) table

matrix_averagevolcanicgr_blue.txt

Scattering matrix (2) wavelength in nm

combined 632.8 nm and 647 nm

Scattering matrix (2) plot

Averaged measurements for Volcanic Ash at 632.8nm and 647 nm

Scattering matrix (2) table

matrix_averagevolcanicgr_red.txt

Synthetic scattering matrix (1) wavelength in nm

combined 441.6 nm and 488 nm

Synthetic scattering matrix (1) table M

extra_averagevolcanicgr_blue_M.txt

Synthetic scattering matrix (2) wavelength in nm

combined 632.8 nm and 647 nm

Synthetic scattering matrix (2) table M

extra_averagevolcanicgr_red_M.txt

Angle range (deg)

[5,175]

Paper (pdf)

Gómez-Martín et al., JQSRT, vol. 271, 2021

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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