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contributor authorPatterson, E. M.
contributor authorGillette, D. A.
contributor authorGrams, G. W.
date accessioned2017-06-09T17:38:35Z
date available2017-06-09T17:38:35Z
date copyright1976/05/01
date issued1976
identifier issn0021-8952
identifier otherams-9071.pdf
identifier urihttp://onlinelibrary.yabesh.ir/handle/yetl/4232519
description abstractSimultaneous visibility observations and size-number distribution measurements of airborne soil particles were made during incidents of soil erosion in west Texas. Visibilities were calculated by applying Mie scattering theory to measured size distributions and were compared with observed visibilities. Agreement was found, and similar comparison with artifical modicications to the observed size distributions demonstrated that any major changes in the observed size distributions would result in significant discrepancies between the observed and the calculated visibilities. These comparisons confirm that under our experimental conditions the optically important particles are those in the size range 0.62 < r < 20 ?m. The sensitivity of the calculated visibility to modifications in the measured size distribution implies that such comparisons between calculated and observed visibility provide a means of confirming size distribution measurements under a variety of conditions.
publisherAmerican Meteorological Society
titleThe Relation Between Visibility and the Size-Number Distribution of Airborne Soil Particles
typeJournal Paper
journal volume15
journal issue5
journal titleJournal of Applied Meteorology
identifier doi10.1175/1520-0450(1976)015<0470:TRBVAT>2.0.CO;2
journal fristpage470
journal lastpage478
treeJournal of Applied Meteorology:;1976:;volume( 015 ):;issue: 005
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