Table 1

Calculated maximum trail optical depths and ratios between observed and calculated trail optical depths for three velocity models (Crifo & Rodionov 1997; Kelley et al. 2008; Agarwal et al. 2010) and two size distribution indices.

Year Velocity model Optical depth τ Ratio between observed and modeled τ
Size distn α = −3.5 α = −3.7 α = −4.1 α = −3.5 α = −3.7 α = −4.1

2004 Crifo 2.5 × 10-9 2.1 × 10-9 1.2 × 10-10 19 22 40
Kelley 5.3 × 10-9 4.4 × 10-9 1.9 × 10-9 8.8 11 24
Agarwal 1.3 × 10-9 1.0 × 10-9 5.0 × 10-9 3.5 4.4 9.1
2005 Crifo 1.4 × 10-9 3.7 × 10-10 7.1 × 10-10 11 13 25
Kelley 3.2 × 10-9 2.4 × 10-9 4.6 × 10-10 4.7 6.4 16
Agarwal 6.8 × 10-9 5.0 × 10-9 9.7 × 10-9 2.2 3.0 7.6
2006 Crifo 6.5 × 10-10 5.7 × 10-10 3.4 × 10-10 17 19 33
Kelley 2.0 × 10-9 1.7 × 10-9 7.9 × 10-10 5.4 6.6 14
Agarwal 2.6 × 10-9 2.1 × 10-9 1.0 × 10-9 4.2 5.2 11

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