Anomalous Diffraction Approximation Limits

Abstract

It has been reported in a recent article that the anomalous diffraction approximation (ADA) accuracy does not depend on particle refractive index, but instead is dependent on the particle size parameter. Since this is at odds with previous research, we thought these results warranted further discussion.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1998
Accession Number
ADA356491

Entities

People

  • Gorden W. Videen
  • Petr Chylek

Organizations

  • United States Army Research Laboratory

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Absorption
  • Abstracts
  • Cirrus Clouds
  • Diffraction
  • Efficiency
  • Electromagnetic Radiation
  • Extinction
  • Information Operations
  • Light Scattering
  • Military Research
  • Oceanography
  • Particle Size
  • Particles
  • Refractive Index
  • Scattering
  • Solar Radiation
  • Universities

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerosol Science/Aerosol Physics
  • Regression Analysis.