Modeling optical properties of mineral aerosol particles by using nonsymmetric hexahedra

Applied Optics

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 334-342

  Bi, Lei ^a   Yang, Ping ^a   Kattawar, George W ^b   Kahn, Ralph ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DUST; GEOMETRY; MONTE CARLO METHODS;

DISCRETE DIPOLE APPROXIMATION METHOD; GEOMETRIC OPTICS; GEOMETRIC SYMMETRY; LABORATORY MEASUREMENTS; MINERAL AEROSOLS; PHASE FUNCTIONS; POLARIZATION STATE; SINGLE SCATTERING PROPERTIES;

OPTICAL PROPERTIES;

EID: 76749090987     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.49.000334     Document Type: Article

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