Average Aerosol

Categories
TERRESTRIAL AEROSOLS
Summary: AVERAGE SCATTERING MATRICES
Terrestrial Aerosols Subcategories
Volcanic
Desert dust
Clay
Main constituent
silicates (feldspar, red clay, quartz, loess, Pinatubo volcanic ash, Lokon volcanic ash, Sahara sand)
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)
between 1 and 8
Particle size
Size distribution plot
Number size distribution
Projected-surface-area distribution
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
combined 441.6 nm and 632.8
Scattering matrix (1) plot
Average of measurements for seven mineral samples at 441.6nm and 632.8nm the yellow regions are the domains in which the individual measurements lie.
Scattering matrix (1) table
matrix_averageaerosol.txt
Angle range (deg)
[5,175]
Paper (pdf)
Volten et al. 2001
Full reference paper

Volten H, Muñoz O, Rol E, de Haan JF, Vassena W, Hovenier JW. Scattering matrices of mineral aerosol particles at 441.6 nm and 632.8 nm. Journal of Geophysical Research, 106, no. D15, pp. 17,375-17,401, 2001

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