LISST-100X User’s Guide
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However, sediment particles in the aquatic
environment are never perfect spheres. Consequently
Sequoia provides an option to invert the scattering
pattern under the assumption that the particles are
randomly (or irregularly) shaped particles. The exact
details of how this inversion takes place is described
in a scientific paper by Agrawal et al.
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, which can be
downloaded from the library section on Sequoia’s
website (
www.SequoiaSci.com
). The direct URL is
http://sequoiasci.com/library/technical.aspx?SectionNa
me=library
. The paper is also included on your ship
disk. A brief version of the method is described in this
News article on Sequoia’s website:
http://sequoiasci.com/Articles/ArticlePage.aspx?pageI
d=133
So what method should you use? If you are going to
compare with the output from another laser particle
sizer, for example a laboratory particle sizer, you
should choose the Spherical particle model. The
reason for this is that no other laser manufacturer
provides a randomly shaped particle model for
inversion, so there will be nothing to compare to.
Generally, it is recommended that you keep both
boxes checked (this is also the default option), so that
you won’t have to reprocess your data because you
need to see what the data look like when processed
as randomly shaped particles.
Please note that when you choose to process your
raw data files using the Random shaped particle
option, the size range of the processed data changes
according to Appendix B: Size Ranges, Observation
Angles, Data Storage Format on page 101, although
the raw scattering data that are being processed are
exactly the same. For details, please consult the paper
by Agrawal et al.(2008)
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Select Open Raw Data File from the File menu
Begins process of
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Agrawal YC, Whitmire A, Mikkelsen OA, Pottsmith HC (2008): Light scattering by random shaped particles and
consequences on measuring suspended sediments by laser diffraction. Journal of Geophysical Research, Vol. 113,
C04023, doi:10.1029/2007JC004403.
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