Numerical accuracy of "equivalent" spherical approximations for computing ensemble-averaged scattering properties of fractal soot aggregates

Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer

Volumn 111, Issue 14, 2010, Pages 2127-2132

  Li, Hua ^a   Liu, Chao ^a   Bi, Lei ^a   Yang, Ping ^a   Kattawar, George W ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

"Equivalent" spherical approximations; Ensemble averaged; Fractal aggregate

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION-LIMITED CLUSTER; FRACTAL AGGREGATE; NONSPHERICAL PARTICLE; NUMERICAL ACCURACY; PHASE FUNCTIONS; PROJECTED AREA; RADIUS OF GYRATION; SCATTERING PROPERTY; SINGLE SCATTERING; SOOT AGGREGATES; SOOT PARTICLES; SURFACE AREA; TWO WAVELENGTH;

AGGREGATES; DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; FRACTALS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; SCATTERING; SOOT; SPHERES;

AGGLOMERATION;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ALGORITHM; ERROR ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTICAL PROPERTY; SCATTERING; SOOT;

EID: 77954834722     PISSN: 00224073     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jqsrt.2010.05.009     Document Type: Article

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