The discrete dipole approximation: An overview and recent developments

Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer

Volumn 106, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 558-589

  Yurkin, M A ^a,b   Hoekstra, A G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL KINETICS AND COMBUSTION   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Discrete dipole approximation; Light scattering simulation; Review

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC FIELDS; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS;

ARBITRARILY SHAPED PARTICLES; DISCRETE DIPOLE APPROXIMATION;

LIGHT SCATTERING;

ATMOSPHERIC PARTICLE; ELECTRIC FIELD; LIGHT SCATTERING; MIE THEORY; NUMERICAL METHOD; SIMULATION;

EID: 34247524094     PISSN: 00224073     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jqsrt.2007.01.034     Document Type: Article

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