Characteristics of light scattering by smoke particles based on spheroid models

Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 72-82

  Xie, Qiyuan ^a   Zhang, Heping ^a   Wan, Yutian ^a   Zhang, Yongming ^a   Qiao, Lifeng ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Fire detection; Light scattering; Smoke particles; Spheroid models; T matrix method

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FIRE DETECTORS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; MORPHOLOGY; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); REFRACTIVE INDEX; SMOKE;

SMOKE PARTICLES; SPHEROID MODELS; STOKES SCATTERING MATRIX;

LIGHT SCATTERING;

FIRE; LIGHT SCATTERING; MORPHOLOGY; SMOKE; SPHERE;

EID: 34247463670     PISSN: 00224073     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jqsrt.2007.01.059     Document Type: Article

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