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Average Desert Dust

origin	two aerosol matrices combined: Gobi desert dust collected in Beijing and Sahara sand taken from the roof of OSN observatory (Granada).
main constituent	quartz, clay minerals and 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	Fraunhoffer: reff=3.8 μm, veff=2.8
particle shape	irregular
refractive index	estimated to be in the range [1.5-1.7] + i[0.00001-0.001]
color	various
scattering matrix	488 nm 647 nm The grey shaded areas enveloping each averaged curve indicate the range of the data entering the averages.
article	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