Comparison of the pseudo-spectral time domain method and the discrete dipole approximation for light scattering by ice spheres

Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer

Volumn 146, Issue , 2014, Pages 402-409

  Podowitz, Derek I ^a   Liu, Chao ^a   Yang, Ping ^a   Yurkin, Maxim A ^b,c  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL KINETICS AND COMBUSTION   (Russian Federation)

^c NOVOSIBIRSK STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

DDA; Light scattering; PSTD

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL DIFFERENTIAL ANALYZERS; LIGHT SCATTERING; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SPHERES; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

COMPUTATIONAL TIME; DIELECTRIC PARTICLES; DISCRETE DIPOLE APPROXIMATION; PSEUDO-SPECTRAL TIME-DOMAIN METHOD; PSTD; REFRACTIVE INDEX INCREASE; SCATTERING PROPERTY; SINGLE SCATTERING;

ICE;

ABSORPTION; LIGHT SCATTERING; NUMERICAL METHOD; PARTICLE SIZE; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; WAVELENGTH;

EID: 84904751431     PISSN: 00224073     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jqsrt.2014.02.032     Document Type: Article

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