Desert Dust, Sahara Sand (Libya)

Categories
TERRESTRIAL AEROSOLS
Summary: AEROSOLS
Micron- cosmic analogs subcategories
Asteroids
Circumstellar shells
Comets
Terrestrial Aerosols Subcategories
Desert dust
Origin

Saharan desert in Libya

Main constituent
desert dust particles composed of a variety of different minerals, including a large fraction of quartz
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)
124.75
Particle size Fraunhofer: veff
0.15
Size distribution plot
Size Distribution Sahara Sand (Libya)
Size distribution table
size_libya.txt
Particle shape

irregular

SEM : View images
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All SEM images (zip file)
sem_libya.zip
Images
Sahara Sand (Libya) Image
Refractive index

the estimated average is 1.5 + i0.004

Color
brownish
Scattering matrix (1) wavelength in nm
632.8
Scattering matrix (1) plot
Scattering matrix elements Sahara Sand (Libya)
Scattering matrix (1) table
matrix_libya_633nm.txt
Synthetic scattering matrix (1) wavelength in nm
632.8
Synthetic scattering matrix (1) table F
extra_libya_633nm.txt
Angle range (deg)
[4,174]
Paper (pdf)
Muñoz et al., JGR, vol. 112, 2007
Full reference paper

Muñoz O, Volten H, Hovenier JW, Nousiainen T, Muinonen K, Guirado D, Moreno F, Waters LBFM. Scattering matrix of large Saharan dust particles: Experiments and computations. Journal of Geophysical Research, vol. 112, D13215, 2007

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