Sentences with phrase «particulate backscattering»
The model consists of two components whose refractive indices resemble those of detritus - minerallike and planktonlike particles, whose size distributions are constrained by underwater light linear polarization signatures, and whose mixing ratios change as a function of particulate backscattering efficiency.
https://pubs.giss.nasa.gov/ Not exact matches
We know there are effects from land use change and we know we have added to atmospheric backscatter of solar radiation from particulates (sulfate aerosols, dust from agriculture...) but we are no longer certain of the net sign of anthropogenic temperature change.