Numerical simulations of light scattering characteristics of
ice fractal particles
J. M. Dlugach*,1, M. I. Mishchenko2 and D. W. Mackowski3
- 1 Main Astronomical Observatory of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, 03680, Kyiv, Ukraine.
- 2 NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, NY 10025, New York, U.S.A.
- 3 Department of Mechanical Engineering, Aiburn University, AL 36849, U.S.A.
For the model of a vertically and horizontally homogeneous slab of an arbitrary optical thickness composed of fractal aggregates of small spherical ice monomers, generated by applying three different approaches, we analyze the results of computations of the backscattering circular polarization ratio. The computations are performed for the refractive index m = 1.78 + i0.003 by using the superposition T-matrix and vector radiative transfer codes.
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