Tables related to light scattering in a turbid atmosphere.
Volume I /
E. deBary, B. Braun, K. Bullrich.

Description

Main Author

DeBary, E.

Related Names

Bullrich, Kurt, 1920-, author.
Braun, Bruce A., author.
Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratories (U.S.)

Language(s)

English

Published

L.G. Hanscom Field, Massachusetts : Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratories, Office of Aerospace Research, United States Air Force, 1965.

Subjects

Optics.
Light > Light / Scattering.
Aerosols.
Aerosols.
Optics.
Light > Light / Scattering.

Summary

The tables present the results of computations of the intensity and the degree of polarization of sky radiation and radiation scattered by a unit volume of air containing natural aerosols. The tabulated data are based upon new values of the scattering functions i sub 1 and i sub 2 and the scattering cross sections k, derived using the Mie theory with m = 1.5. In the case of primary scattering of radiation, the results are valid for a turbid atmosphere. The tables of the scattering coefficients and optical thickness, the absolute scattering functions, the intensities, and the degrees of polarization are computed for various wavelengths between 0.4 and 1.2 microns and for discrete scattering angles between 0 and 180 degrees. Aerosol size distributions of the form dn(r) = c.r/v dlogr, with v = 2.5, 3.0, and 4.0, are assumed. The lower and upper limits for the size range were chosen as r sub 1 = 0.04, 0.06, and 0.08 micron and r sub 2 = 3,5, and 10 microns respectively. (Author).

Note

Research supported by the Optical Physics Laboratory, Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratories, Office of Aerospace Research, United States Air Force, L.G. Hanscom Field, Bedford, Massachusetts.
Optical Physics Laboratory Project 7621.
AD0628874 (from http://www.dtic.mil).
Document is chiefly tables.
"September 1965."

Physical Description

xii, 351 pages : tables ; 28 cm

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