LIGHT TRANSMISSION THROUGH A FOG-OIL SMOKE LAYER WITH AN ABSORBING OR PARTIALLY REFLECTING BOUNDARY

Abstract

Comparison is made between measurements of the light flux at the boundary of a layer of polydisperse fog-oil smoke, due to radiation from a point source outside the layer, and predicted values based on the Six Flux method of calculating light scattering by small particles. Agreement is found when the boundary is absorbing (albedo 0.5) the experiments show a greater increase in flux, due to reflection, than the theory predicts. Again contrary to the theory the flux increase becomes greater as the angle of incidence is reduced.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1961
Accession Number
AD0324735

Entities

People

  • M. W. Wootten
  • W. R. Lane

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Air Platforms
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Agreements
  • Angle Of Incidence
  • Boltzmann Equation
  • Boundaries
  • Distribution Functions
  • Electromagnetic Radiation
  • Equations
  • Light Scattering
  • Light Sources
  • Light Transmission
  • Mean Free Path
  • Measurement
  • Radiation
  • Radiative Transfer
  • Reflectivity
  • Scattering
  • United States

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerosol Science/Aerosol Physics
  • Electromagnetic Wave Scattering and Antenna Radiation Engineering
  • Fluid Dynamics.