AEROSOL DISTRIBUTIONS AND ATMOSPHERIC LIGHT-SCATTERING.

Abstract

This is a report of a study to investigate and explain the influence of the aerosol component on the total atmospheric scattering by direct comparison of measured aerosol distributions and light-scattering functions. The theoretical scattering properties of single spherical particles with various refractive indices were studied, and then the complex scattering functions for power-series-size distributions of such particles were derived. Especially the influence of various particle-size groups on the total scattering is pointed out. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1963
Accession Number
AD0601650

Entities

People

  • Robert W. Fenn

Organizations

  • United States Army Communications-Electronics Command

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Atmospheric Scattering
  • Light Scattering
  • Particle Size
  • Particles
  • Refractive Index
  • Scattering

Readers

  • Aerosol Science/Aerosol Physics
  • Theoretical Analysis.