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Average Volcanic Ash (Granada)
origin | various aerosol matrices combined |
main constituent | various volcanic ashes matrices combined |
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=6.0 μm, veff=7.6 |
particle shape | irregular |
refractive index | estimated to be in the range [1.48-1.7] + i[0.00001-0.02] |
color | various |
synthetic (extrapolated) scattering matrix | 441.6
and 488 nm 632.8 and 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 |