Evidence for particle size-shape correlations in the optical properties of silicate clay aerosol

Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer

Volumn 113, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 549-558

  Meland, B ^a   Alexander, J M ^b   Wong, C S ^b   Grassian, V H ^c   Young, M A ^c   Kleiber, P D ^b  

^a University of Colorado at Boulder   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c University of Iowa   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric aerosol; Atmospheric dust; Light scattering; Remote sensing; T Matrix theory

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION MODES; ACCURATE MODELING; ATMOSPHERIC DUST; ATMOSPHERIC MINERAL DUST; AXIAL RATIO; BIMODAL DISTRIBUTION; CLAY FLAKES; CLAY PARTICLES; CLIMATE MODELING; DUST AEROSOLS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; EXTINCTION PROFILES; MODELING STUDIES; OBLATE SPHEROID; PARTICLE SHAPE; REMOTE SENSING DATA; SHAPE DISTRIBUTION; SILICATE CLAYS; SIZE RANGES; SMALL PARTICLES; SPHEROIDAL PARTICLES; T-MATRIX THEORY;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; DUST; KAOLINITE; LIGHT SCATTERING; MATRIX ALGEBRA; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; REMOTE SENSING; SILICATES;

GEOLOGIC MODELS;

AEROSOL; CLIMATE MODELING; DUST; LIGHT SCATTERING; OPTICAL PROPERTY; PARTICLE SIZE; REMOTE SENSING; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 84863393624     PISSN: 00224073     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jqsrt.2012.01.012     Document Type: Article

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