Get 20M+ Full-Text Papers For Less Than $1.50/day. Start a 14-Day Trial for You or Your Team.

Learn More →

Research on the single scattering albedo of spheroids

Research on the single scattering albedo of spheroids Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to discuss the light scattering of nonspherical particles that is very important for the research on the aerosol optical properties. Design/methodology/approach – In this paper, the authors use the spheroid model as the characteristic particle shape to study the single scattering albedo of real nonspherical particles. Meanwhile, the extinction and scattering cross section of spheroids are calculated with the T matrix method combined with the improved geometric optics approximation method (IGOM). Findings – Through this combination, the extinction and scattering cross section of spheroids can be obtained in the larger size range and aspect ratio range. Furthermore, the comparison of the single scattering albedo for the spheroids and their equivalent spheres is conducted in order to investigate the difference of the spherical and nonspherical particles. Originality/value – Simulation experiments indicate that the single scattering albedo of spheroids can be calculated well with this combination, and it has some obvious influence on the variation of the aspect ratio, incident wavelength, and complex refractive index of spheroid particles. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat & Fluid Flow Emerald Publishing

Research on the single scattering albedo of spheroids

Download PDF
7 pages

Loading next page...
 
/lp/emerald-publishing/research-on-the-single-scattering-albedo-of-spheroids-kjGTp90QbK
Publisher
Emerald Publishing
Copyright
Copyright © Emerald Group Publishing Limited
ISSN
0961-5539
DOI
10.1108/HFF-04-2013-0105
Publisher site
See Article on Publisher Site

Abstract

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to discuss the light scattering of nonspherical particles that is very important for the research on the aerosol optical properties. Design/methodology/approach – In this paper, the authors use the spheroid model as the characteristic particle shape to study the single scattering albedo of real nonspherical particles. Meanwhile, the extinction and scattering cross section of spheroids are calculated with the T matrix method combined with the improved geometric optics approximation method (IGOM). Findings – Through this combination, the extinction and scattering cross section of spheroids can be obtained in the larger size range and aspect ratio range. Furthermore, the comparison of the single scattering albedo for the spheroids and their equivalent spheres is conducted in order to investigate the difference of the spherical and nonspherical particles. Originality/value – Simulation experiments indicate that the single scattering albedo of spheroids can be calculated well with this combination, and it has some obvious influence on the variation of the aspect ratio, incident wavelength, and complex refractive index of spheroid particles.

Journal

International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat & Fluid Flow – Emerald Publishing

Published: Oct 28, 2014

There are no references for this article.