Numerical simulations of single and multiple scattering by fractal ice clusters

Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer

Volumn 112, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1864-1870

  Dlugach, Janna M ^a   Mishchenko, Michael I ^b   Mackowski, Daniel W ^c  

^a NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF UKRAINE   (Ukraine)

^b NASA GODDARD INSTITUTE FOR SPACE STUDIES   (United States)

^c AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Circular polarization ratio; Coherent backscattering; Electromagnetic scattering; Fractal cluster; Radiative transfer

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER MORPHOLOGY; CLUSTER-CLUSTER AGGREGATION; COHERENT BACKSCATTERING; DIFFUSION LIMITED AGGREGATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC SCATTERING; FRACTAL AGGREGATE; FRACTAL CLUSTER; OPTICAL THICKNESS; PACKING DENSITY; REMOTE SENSING APPLICATIONS; SCATTERING MODEL; SEMI-INFINITE MEDIUM; T-MATRIX;

AGGREGATES; ASPECT RATIO; BACKSCATTERING; CIRCULAR POLARIZATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FRACTAL DIMENSION; MONOMERS; POLARIZATION; REFRACTIVE INDEX; REMOTE SENSING;

AGGLOMERATION;

AGGREGATION; BACKSCATTER; ELECTROMAGNETIC METHOD; ICE; NUMERICAL METHOD; POLARIZATION; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 79958708035     PISSN: 00224073     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jqsrt.2011.01.038     Document Type: Article

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