Loess

Categories

MICRON-COSMIC ANALOGS

TERRESTRIAL AEROSOLS

Summary: AEROSOLS

Micron- cosmic analogs subcategories

Asteroids

Circumstellar shells

Comets

Others

Terrestrial Aerosols Subcategories

Clay

Origin

loess collected in Hungary

Main constituent

K-feldspar, illite, quartz, calcite, chlorite, albite

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)

3.9

Particle size Fraunhofer: veff

2.6

Size distribution plot

Size distribution table

size_loess.txt

Particle shape

irregular

SEM : View images

View images

All SEM images (zip file)

sem_loess.zip

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 elements Loess - 442 nm

Scattering matrix (1) table

matrix_loess_442nm.txt

Scattering matrix (2) wavelength in nm

632.8

Scattering matrix (2) plot

Scattering matrix elements Loess - 633 nm

Scattering matrix (2) table

matrix_loess_633nm.txt

Angle range (deg)

[5,173]

Paper (pdf)

Volten et al., JGR, vol. 106, 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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