Toward an Improved Single-Particle Model for Large Irregular Grains

Details Toward an Improved Single-Particle Model for Large Irregular Grains Toward an Improved Single-Particle Model for Large Irregular Grains

Jan 2002

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2002assl..278...19g&link_type=abstract

Solar System Remote Sensing, p. 19

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Grain Size, Planetary Surfaces, Models, Optical Properties, Spectral Reflectance, Radiative Transfer, Monte Carlo Method, Scattering, Computerized Simulation

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To interpret remote spectral observations, scattering and absorption in a particulate surface are simulated via radiative transfer models. The standard model for this purpose among the planetary science community is the Hapke model. This model (like many others) uses two parameters to characterize the optical behavior of individual grains in a particulate surface, the single-scattering albedo omega and phase function p(g). These terms describe, respectively, the quantity and the angular distribution of light scattered by an individual grain. Unfortunately, these parameters are strictly optical. They can be rather difficult to interpret in terms of more interesting particle properties such as grain sizes, shapes, and compositions, that a remote sensing experiment might seek to discover. An equivalent slab approximation is typically used to relate omega to the grain size and optical constants of the material. This approach can mimic the wavelength-dependent absorption behavior of irregular grains, as long as the imaginary index kappa is much less than 1, the shape is equant, and the grain size D is much larger than the wavelength lambda. Unfortunately, the equivalent slab approach provides no information about p(g), which also has a strong dependence on optical constants and particle form.

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