Empirical forward scattering phase functions from 0.08 to 16 deg. for randomly shaped terrigenous 1-21 μm sediment grains

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 8805-8814

  Agrawal, Y C ^a   Mikkelsen, Ole A ^a  

^a Sequoia Scientific Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISPERSIONS; PARTICLE SIZE; SOLAR ABSORBERS; SPHERES;

EQUAL SIZES; LARGE SPHERES; MIE THEORY; PARTICLE SIZE RANGES; PHASE FUNCTIONS; SCATTERING PHASE FUNCTION; SEDIMENT GRAINS; SHAPED PARTICLES;

FORWARD SCATTERING;

WATER;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COLLOID; LIGHT; METHODOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOTOMETRY; RADIATION SCATTERING; SEDIMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

COLLOIDS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; LIGHT; NEPHELOMETRY AND TURBIDIMETRY; PARTICLE SIZE; SCATTERING, RADIATION; WATER;

EID: 66449090093     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.008805     Document Type: Article

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