Efficient finite-difference time-domain scheme for light scattering by dielectric particles: Application to aerosols

Applied Optics

Volumn 39, Issue 21, 2000, Pages 3727-3737

  Yang, Ping ^a,b   Liou, K N ^a   Mishchenko, Michael I ^c   Gao, Bo Cai ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD INSTITUTE FOR SPACE STUDIES   (United States)

^d NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE BACKSCATTERING; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT SCATTERING; MORPHOLOGY; PERMITTIVITY; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

PHASE FUNCTIONS;

DIELECTRIC MATERIALS;

EID: 0001300317     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.39.003727     Document Type: Article

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