An Explicit Form of the Mie Phase Matrix for Multiple Scattering Calculations in theI, Q, UandVRepresentation
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- 1 March 1973
- journal article
- Published by American Meteorological Society in Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences
- Vol. 30 (2) , 289-295
- https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0469(1973)030<0289:aefotm>2.0.co;2
Abstract
An explicit expression is obtained for the phase matrix in the I, Q, U and V Stokes vector representation for a system containing a polydispersion of spherical particles. All of the symmetry relations derived by Hovenier using general arguments are established explicitly. Convenient algorithms are given for the computation of the phase matrix for a spherical polydispersion. Since this theory is so vitally important in radiative transfer, many researchers will need to compute these functions for realistic aerosol distributions. We have therefore presented results for a haze L distribution so that other researchers will have a way of checking their programs which compute these quantities. Abstract An explicit expression is obtained for the phase matrix in the I, Q, U and V Stokes vector representation for a system containing a polydispersion of spherical particles. All of the symmetry relations derived by Hovenier using general arguments are established explicitly. Convenient algorithms are given for the computation of the phase matrix for a spherical polydispersion. Since this theory is so vitally important in radiative transfer, many researchers will need to compute these functions for realistic aerosol distributions. We have therefore presented results for a haze L distribution so that other researchers will have a way of checking their programs which compute these quantities.Keywords
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