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Directional and spectral reflectance of the Kuwait oil-fire smokeThe angular reflectance pattern of the Kuwait oil-fire smoke was measured from an aircraft at 13 discrete wavelengths between 0.5 and 2.3 microns. Measurements at 0.75 and 1.64 micron showed that the reflectance of the smoke layer was about 12 percent in the nadir direction, with considerable limb brightening toward the horizon. Furthermore, these observations revealed a backscattering maximum in the antisolar direction and an enhanced scattering near the rainbow direction. These characteristics suggest that the smoke layer 90 km downwind of the Kuwait oil fires was composed of a significant number of oil drizzle droplets that scatter solar radiation as a layer composed of spherical particles.
Document ID
19920072840
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
King, Michael D.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Date Acquired
August 15, 2013
Publication Date
September 20, 1992
Publication Information
Publication: Journal of Geophysical Research
Volume: 97
Issue: D13
ISSN: 0148-0227
Subject Category
Environment Pollution
Accession Number
92A55464
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NSF ATM-91-14993
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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