Back-scattering of sunlight by ice grains in the mesosphere

Details Back-scattering of sunlight by ice grains in the mesosphere Back-scattering of sunlight by ice grains in the mesosphere

Feb 1991

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1991em%26p...52..161h&link_type=abstract

Earth, Moon, and Planets (ISSN 0167-9295), vol. 52, Feb. 1991, p. 161-170.

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Atmospheric Scattering, Backscattering, Ice Clouds, Mesosphere, Sunlight, Earth Surface, Mie Scattering, Surface Temperature

Scientific paper

Small dielectric ice particles of radius approximately 0.25 micron, which are known to be present in the mesosphere, scatter a fraction of incident sunlight in backward directions that do not reach the earth. This back-scattered fraction is rigorously calculated using Mie theory for a uniform distribution of particles distributed over a sunlit hemisphere. Such calculations provide necessary information for estimating equilibrium surface temperatures of the earth under different conditions.

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