The scattering matrix for size distributions of irregular particles: An application to an olivine sample

Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer

Volumn 100, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 277-287

  Moreno, Fernando ^a   Vilaplana, R ^b   Munoz O ^a   Molina, A ^a,c   Guirado, D ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE ASTROFÍSICA DE ANDALUCÍA CSIC   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Discrete dipole approximation; Mineral aerosols; Nonspherical particles; Scattering matrix; Single scattering; T matrix

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATRIX ALGEBRA; OLIVINE; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); REFRACTIVE INDEX;

DISCRETE-DIPOLE APPROXIMATION (DDA); IRREGULAR PARTICLES; MINERAL AEROSOLS; NONSPHERICAL PARTICLES; SCATTERING MATRIX; SINGLE SCATTERING;

LIGHT SCATTERING;

LIGHT SCATTERING;

EID: 33645024392     PISSN: 00224073     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jqsrt.2005.11.069     Document Type: Article

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