Scattering from Model Nonspherical Particles
Subtitle: Theory and Applications to Environmental Physics
By: by Ferdinando Borghese, Paolo Denti, Rosalba Saija
Contributors: Denti, Paolo; Saija, Rosalba
Series: Physics of Earth and Space Environments; Physics of Earth and Space Environments
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Berlin, Heidelberg
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 255
ISBN-13: 9783662053324; 9783662053300
Subjects: Geography; Physics; Physical geography
Description: The scattering of electromagnetic radiation by nonspherical particles has become an increasingly important research topic over the past 20 years. Instead of handling anisotropic particles of arbitrary shape, the authors consider the more amenable problem of aggregates of spherical particles. This is often found to be a very satisfactory approach as the optical response of nonspherical particles depends more on their general symmetry and the quantity of refractive material than on the precise details of their shape. The book addresses a wide spectrum of applications, ranging from scattering properties of water droplets containing pollutants, atmospheric aerosols and ice crystals to the modeling of cosmic dust grains as aggregates.
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Table of contents: title: Multiple Fields; title: Propagation Through an Assembly of Nonspherical Scatterers; title: Multipole Expansions and Transition Matrix; title: Transition Matrix of Single and Aggregated Spheres; title: Scattering from Particles on a Plane Surface; title: Applications: Aggregated Spheres, Layered Spheres, Spheres Containing Inclusions; title: Applications: Single and Aggregated Spheres and Hemispheres on a Plane Interface; title: Applications: Atmospheric Ice Crystals; title: Applications: Cosmic Dust Grains.