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Umov effect in single-scattering dust particles: effect of irregular shape.

Evgenij Zubko, Alycia J Weinberger, Nataliya Zubko

    Optics Letters
    |May 16, 2017
    PubMed
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    Irregularly shaped dust particles exhibit the Umov effect, showing a consistent relationship between light scattering and albedo. Particle shape has minimal impact on retrieving reflectance using this optical phenomenon.

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