Single-scattering modeling of thin, birefringent mineral-dust flakes using the discrete-dipole approximation

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 114, Issue 7, 2009, Pages

  Nousiainen, Timo ^a   Zubko, Evgenij ^b,c   Niemi, Jarkko V ^a   Kupiainen, Kaarle ^d   Lehtinen, Martti ^a   Muinonen, Karri ^a   Videen, Gorden ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c V N KARAZIN KHARKIV NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Ukraine)

^d FINNISH ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^e U S ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTERING; BIREFRINGENCE; CALCITE; CARBONATE MINERALS; DUST; MINERALS; MINING; SILICATE MINERALS;

ASYMMETRY PARAMETER; ATMOSPHERIC DUST; BACKSCATTERING ENHANCEMENT; DISCRETE DIPOLE APPROXIMATION; DUST PARTICLE; EXTERNAL MIXING; FLAKE-LIKE PARTICLES; MORPHOLOGY AND COMPOSITION; RADIATIVE IMPACTS; SAHARA DESERT; SHAPED PARTICLES; SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS; SINGLE SCATTERING; SIZE PARAMETERS; SUB-MICRON PARTICLES; SURFACE SAMPLE;

ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY;

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; BIREFRINGENCE; CALCITE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DOLOMITE; DUST; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; LIGHT SCATTERING; POLARIZATION; RADIATIVE FORCING; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

AFRICA; SAHARA;

EID: 67649095715     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JD011564     Document Type: Article

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