Effect of particle asphericity on single-scattering parameters: Comparison between Platonic solids and spheres

Applied Optics

Volumn 43, Issue 22, 2004, Pages 4427-4435

  Yang, Ping ^a   Kattawar, George W ^a   Wiscombe, Warren J ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; ASPHERICS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORPTION; GEOMETRICAL OPTICS; MAGNETIC FLUX; SOLIDS; SPHERES; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

ELECTROMAGNETIC SCATTERING; PARTICLE ASPHERICITY; PLATONIC SHAPES; SURFACE AREA;

LIGHT SCATTERING;

EID: 4043083694     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.43.004427     Document Type: Article

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