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Scattering And Absorption of Light in Planetary Regoliths
Published on: July 1, 2019
Transformation of light backscattering phase matrices of crystal clouds depending on the zenith sensing angle
Yury Balin1, Bruno Kaul, Grigorii Kokhanenko
1Institute of Atmospheric Optics of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Tomsk, Russia.
Abstract:
Problems encountered in the interpretation of results of laser sensing of crystal clouds are considered. The parameters characterizing the cloud particle orientation are determined through the backscattering phase matrix elements. It is demonstrated how these parameters are related to the probability density of particle distribution over the spatial orientation angles. Trends in the change of the backscattering phase matrices attendant to variations of the zenith sensing angle are shown on the example of a monodisperse ice particle ensemble.
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