Direct simulation of extinction in a slab of spherical particles

Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer

Volumn 123, Issue , 2013, Pages 103-112

  Mackowski, D W ^a   Mishchenko, M I ^b  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Electromagnetic scattering; Radiative transfer; Random media

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION APPROXIMATIONS; EFFECTIVE MEDIUM THEORIES; ELECTRIC-FIELD AMPLITUDE; ELECTROMAGNETIC SCATTERING; PARTICLE PACKING DENSITY; PLANE-WAVE TRANSMISSION; RADIATIVE TRANSFER THEORY; RANDOM MEDIA;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; MONTE CARLO METHODS; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SPHERES; WAVE PROPAGATION;

ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS;

ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; WAVE SCATTERING;

EID: 84876841908     PISSN: 00224073     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jqsrt.2013.02.008     Document Type: Article

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