The effect of airborne dust on astronomical polarization measurements

Physics & Astronomy

• dust 97%
• vertical orientation 90%
• Earth atmosphere 73%
• polarization 62%
• astronomical polarimetry 58%
• zenith 35%
• sensitivity 34%
• polarimeters 33%
• night 32%
• linear polarization 31%
• optical thickness 30%
• dichroism 29%
• aerosols 29%
• proportion 27%
• observatories 26%
• telescopes 21%
• atmospheres 20%
• electric fields 17%
• matrices 16%

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• polarization 100%
• dust 86%
• atmosphere 41%
• effect 27%
• preferred orientation 26%
• optical depth 23%
• particle 23%
• electric field 21%
• observatory 21%
• aerosol 16%
• matrix 13%