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Research article
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06 May 2022
Research article |
| 06 May 2022
| 06 May 2022
The polarimetric characteristics of dust with irregular shapes: evaluation of the spheroid model for single particles
State Environment Protection Key Laboratory of Satellite Remote Sensing, Aerospace Information Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
Zhengqiang Li
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
State Environment Protection Key Laboratory of Satellite Remote Sensing, Aerospace Information Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
Graduate School of University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
Cheng Fan
State Environment Protection Key Laboratory of Satellite Remote Sensing, Aerospace Information Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
Hua Xu
State Environment Protection Key Laboratory of Satellite Remote Sensing, Aerospace Information Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
Graduate School of University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
Ying Zhang
State Environment Protection Key Laboratory of Satellite Remote Sensing, Aerospace Information Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
Graduate School of University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
Weizhen Hou
State Environment Protection Key Laboratory of Satellite Remote Sensing, Aerospace Information Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
Graduate School of University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
Lili Qie
State Environment Protection Key Laboratory of Satellite Remote Sensing, Aerospace Information Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
Haoran Gu
State Environment Protection Key Laboratory of Satellite Remote Sensing, Aerospace Information Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
Graduate School of University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
College of Geography and Tourism, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu 241003, China
Mengyao Zhu
State Environment Protection Key Laboratory of Satellite Remote Sensing, Aerospace Information Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
Graduate School of University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
College of Geoexploration Science and Technology, Jilin University, Changchun 130026, China
Yinna Li
State Environment Protection Key Laboratory of Satellite Remote Sensing, Aerospace Information Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
Graduate School of University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
Kaitao Li
State Environment Protection Key Laboratory of Satellite Remote Sensing, Aerospace Information Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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Short summary
A single model is difficult to represent various shapes of dust. We proposed a tunable model to represent dust with various shapes. Two tunable parameters were used to represent the effects of the erosion degree and binding forces from the mass center. Thus, the model can represent various dust shapes by adjusting the tunable parameters. Besides, the applicability of the spheroid model in calculating the optical properties and polarimetric characteristics is evaluated.
A single model is difficult to represent various shapes of dust. We proposed a tunable model to...
