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4.d.v. Optical parameters of dust

Table 5 shows the band width and optical parameters of dust used in this study. For a band width of 5-11.6 μm, infrared dust opacity is obtained by visible dust opacity calculated by using and the visible to infrared opacity ratio, which is set to 2 (Forget, 1998). For a band width of 20-200 μm, infrared dust opacity is calculated by using and the value of shown in Table 5.

Because the visible to infrared opacity ratios , which were calculated by using the extinction efficiency, do not agree well with the observation results (Zurek,1982), infrared dust opacity is derived by the way mentioned above. The disagreement results from that the properties of small radius dust whose extinction effect in visible wavelength is larger than that in infrared are not revealed (Zurek, 1982; Forget ,1998).


Table 5: Band width and optical parameters of dust. Note .
  band (μm) band (cm-2)
Visible 0.1-5 &mulm 2000-105 1.0 0.920 0.55
Infrared 1 5-11.6 μm 870-2000 0.253 0.470 0.528
Infraerd 2 20-200 μm 50-500 0.166 0.370 0.362


A Numerical Simulation of Thermal Convection in the Martian Lower Atmosphere with a Two-Dimensional Anelastic Model
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