Scattering of light by large Saharan dust particles in a modified ray optics approximation

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 2003, Pages

  Nousiainen, Timo ^a   Muinonen, Karri ^b,c   Räisänen, Petri ^b,d  

^a FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^d DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Desert dust particles; Light scattering and absorption; Planetary atmospheres; Radiative transfer; Ray optics; Shape modeling or irregular particles

Indexed keywords

LIGHT SCATTERING; MIE THEORY; OPTICAL PROPERTY; POLARIZATION; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER;

AFRICA; SAHARA;

EID: 0346639247     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001jd001277     Document Type: Article

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