Using simple particle shapes to model the Stokes scattering matrix of ensembles of wavelength-sized particles with complex shapes: Possibilities and limitations

Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 167-182

  Kahnert, F M ^a   Stamnes, J J ^a   Stamnes, K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b Stevens Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Electromagnetic scattering; Nonspherical particles; Polarization

Indexed keywords

GEOMETRY; PRISMS; SCATTERING; SIZE DETERMINATION;

PARTICLE SHAPES;

SPECTROSCOPY;

SCATTERING;

EID: 0037099857     PISSN: 00224073     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-4073(01)00194-7     Document Type: Article

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