Authors:
- Nominated as an outstanding Ph.D. thesis by the Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
- Refines the analysis of scattering by mineral dust particles beyond mean field approximations, from an experimental, theoretical, and numerical point of view
- Includes a comprehensive overview of the current theoretical methods commonly used in the field
- Based on an experimental method which gives access to the extinction and the optical thickness without any free parameters
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Table of contents (6 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
This work examines how the morphology of a particle affects its scattering parameters from an experimental standpoint, supporting findings with extensive simulations. The dust content of Antarctic, Greenlandic, and Alpine ice cores is analysed with a particle-by-particle approach. Moreover, a study on colloidal aggregates shows that correlations among the fields radiated by primary particles are responsible for the poor agreement of effective medium approximations with experimental results. On the theoretical side, an interpretation in terms of the structure factor is given, which satisfactorily describes the data. The insights of this thesis are relevant for quantifying the contribution of mineral dust to the radiative energy balance of the Earth.
Authors and Affiliations
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Earth and Environmental Sciences Department, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milano, Italy
Llorenç Cremonesi
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Light Scattering From Micrometric Mineral Dust and Aggregate Particles
Book Subtitle: Effects of Structure and Shape Applied to Paleoclimate Studies
Authors: Llorenç Cremonesi
Series Title: Springer Theses
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-56787-3
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-56786-6Published: 25 September 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-56789-7Published: 27 September 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-56787-3Published: 24 September 2020
Series ISSN: 2190-5053
Series E-ISSN: 2190-5061
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 142
Number of Illustrations: 51 b/w illustrations, 11 illustrations in colour
Topics: Optics, Lasers, Photonics, Optical Devices, Ecology, Crystallography and Scattering Methods, Paleoecology