Data on this database are freely available under the request of citation of this paper and the paper where the used data were published.

Summary of samples (listed in alphabetical order) in the Amsterdam-Granada Light Scattering Database:

Sample reff (micron) veff Wavelengths (nm) Angle range (deg.)
AEROSOLS
Aggregates (fluffy) Sample 1 -- -- 632.8 [5,174]
Aggregates (fluffy) Sample 2 -- -- 632.8 [5,174]
Aggregates (fluffy) Sample 3 -- -- 632.8 [5,174]
Aggregates (fluffy) Sample 4 -- -- 632.8 [5,174]
Aggregates (fluffy) Sample 5 -- -- 632.8 [5,174]
Aggregates (fluffy) Sample 6 -- -- 632.8 [5,174]
Aggregates (fluffy) Sample 7 -- -- 632.8 [5,174]
Allende Meteorite 0.8 3.3 632.8, 441.6 [5,173]
Clay Green (Amsterdam) 1.55 1.4 632.8, 441.6 [5,173]
Clay Green (Granada) 1.6 1.6 647 [3,177]
Clay Red 1.5 1.6 632.8, 441.6 [5,173]
Clay White 1.6 1.4 488, 647 [3,177]
Feldspar 1.0 1.0 632.8, 441.6 [5,173]
Fly Ash 3.65 10.9 632.8, 441.6 [5,173]
Forsterite Initial 1.8 5.4 632.8 [5,173]
Forsterite Small 1.3 3.1 632.8 [5,173]
Forsterite Washed 3.3 4.7 632.8 [5,173]
Hematite 0.4 0.6 632.8 [5,174]
Loess 3.9 2.6 632.8, 441.6 [5,173]
Martian Analog (palagonite) 4.5 7.3 632.8 [3,174]
Olivine L 3.8 3.7 632.8, 441.6 [5,173]
Olivine M 2.6 5.0 632.8, 441.6 [5,173]
Olivine S 1.3 1.8 632.8, 441.6 [5,173]
Olivine XL 6.3 6.8 632.8, 441.6 [5,173]
Quartz 2.3 2.3 632.8, 441.6 [5,173]
Rutile 0.13 0.5 632.8 [5,173]
Sahara Sand 8.2 4.0 632.8, 441.6 [5,173]
Sahara Sand (Libya) 124.75 0.15 632.8 [4,174]
Volcanic Ash (el chichon) 3.2 5.4 632.8 [5,173]
Volcanic Ash (Lokon) 7.1 2.6 632.8, 441.6 [5,173]
Volcanic Ash (Mount St. Helens) 4.1 9.5 632.8 [3,173]
Volcanic Ash (Pinatubo) 3.0 12.3 632.8, 441.6 [5,173]
Volcanic Ash (Redoubt A) 4.1 9.7 632.8 [3,173]
Volcanic Ash (Redoubt B) 6.4 7.6 632.8 [3,173]
Volcanic Ash (Spurr Anchorage) 4.8 8.8 632.8 [3,174]
Volcanic Ash (Spurr Ashton) 2.7 4.9 632.8 [3,174]
Volcanic Ash (Spurr Gunsight) 3.5 8.2 632.8 [3,174]
Volcanic Ash (Spurr stop 33) 14.4 6.6 632.8 [3,174]
HYDROSOLS
Anabaena flos aquae 3.09 0.012 632.8 [20,160]
Astrionella formosa 4.23 0.010 632.8 [20,160]
Emiliania huxleyi, no coccoliths 1.8 0.002 632.8 [35,145]
Emiliania huxleyi with coccoliths 1.8 0.07 632.8 [35,145]
Melosira granulata 3.74 0.004 632.8 [20,160]
Microcystis aeruginosa, no gas vacuoles 5.23 0.50 632.8 [20,160]
Microcystis aeruginosa with gas vacuoles 6.83 0.92 632.8 [20,160]
Microcystis sp. 1.87 0.063 632.8 [20,160]
Oscillatoria agardhii 1.64 0.044 632.8 [20,160]
Oscillatoria amoena 2.58 0.002 632.8 [20,160]
Phaeodactylum 16.4 0.23 632.8 [20,160]
Phaeocystis 12.2 0.43 632.8 [20,160]
Prochlorothrix hollandica 1.55 0.080 632.8 [20,160]
Selenastrum capricornutum 1.09 0.037 632.8 [20,160]
Volvox aureus 105 0.07 632.8 [20,160]
Westerschelde silt, 5-12 micron 5.93 0.00 632.8 [20,160]
Westerschelde silt, 3-5 micron 1.95 0.50 632.8 [20,160]
TEST PARTICLES
Water Droplets
1.1
0.50
632.8, 441.6
[5, 173]
Water Droplets
rg=0.8 micron
sigmag=1.5
488, 520, 647
[3, 177]
AVERAGE AND SYNTHETIC SCATTERING MATRICES
Average Aerosol Scattering Matrix -- -- 632.8 and 441.6 combined [5,173]
Synthetic Average Volcanic Scattering Matrix -- -- 632.8 [0,180]
Synthetic Matrix Sahara Sand (Libya)
 -- -- 632.8 [0,180]
Synthetic Matrix Martian analog (palagonite) particles -- -- 632.8 [0,180]



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