Physics – Optics
Scientific paper
Oct 1983
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1983apopt..22.3001l&link_type=abstract
Applied Optics (ISSN 0003-6935), vol. 22, Oct. 1, 1983, p. 3001-3008.
Physics
Optics
18
Atmospheric Scattering, Geometrical Optics, Light Scattering, Particle Interactions, Planetary Atmospheres, Scattering Functions, Statistical Distributions, Cubes (Mathematics), Optical Polarization, Parallelepipeds, Ray Tracing, Refractivity, Surface Geometry
Scientific paper
In this paper, the geometric ray tracing theory for the scattering of light by hexagonal cylinders to cubes and parallelepipeds has been modified. Effects of the real and imaginary parts of the refractive index and aspect ratio of the particle on the scattering phase function and the degree of linear polarization are investigated. Causes of the physical features in the scattering polarization patterns are identified in terms of the scattering contribution due to geometric reflections and refractions. The single-scattering phase function and polarization data presented in this paper should be of some use for the interpretation of observed scattering and polarization data from planetary atmospheres and for the physical understanding of the transfer of radiation in an atmosphere containing nonspherical particles.
Cai Qingsheng
Cuzzi Jeff N.
Liou Kuo-Nan
Pollack James B.
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