Browsing by Subject "optical depth"
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(2018-06-22)The Martian atmosphere is dominated by the presence of irregularly shaped dust aerosols. These aerosols affect the vertical temperature profile and initiate dynamical responses on local, regional, and global scales. In ...
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(2013-07-22)Martian clouds and dust play an important part of the radiative transfer and energy balance budget. To assist in fully understanding the impact of clouds and dust, the complete diurnal cycle needs to be characterized. One ...
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(2012-07-11)Atmospheric opacity, otherwise known as optical depth, is the measurement of the amount of radiation reaching the surface through the atmosphere. The spatial and temporal patterns in optical depth tell us about the aerosol ...
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(2011-10-21)A special challenge posed by mineral dust aerosols is associated with their predominantly nonspherical particle shapes. In the present study, the scattering and radiative properties for nonspherical mineral dust aerosols ...