Categories
TERRESTRIAL AEROSOLS
Summary: AEROSOLS
Micron- cosmic analogs subcategories
Asteroids
Circumstellar shells
Comets
Terrestrial Aerosols Subcategories
Desert dust
Origin
collected in the Sahara desert
Main constituent
quartz, clay minerals, 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)
8.2
Particle size Fraunhofer: veff
4.0
Size distribution plot
Size distribution table
Particle shape
irregular
All SEM images (zip file)
Refractive index
estimated to be in the range [1.5-1.7] + i[0.00001-0.001]
Color
yellow brown
Scattering matrix (1) wavelength in nm
441.6
Scattering matrix (1) plot
Scattering matrix (1) table
Scattering matrix (2) wavelength in nm
632.8
Scattering matrix (2) plot
Scattering matrix (2) table
Angle range (deg)
[5,173]
Paper (pdf)
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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