Light Scattering Reviews 5 - Single Light Scattering and Radiative Transfer (Hardcover, 2010 ed.)

Light scattering by densely packed inhomogeneous media is a particularly ch- lenging optics problem. In most cases, only approximate methods are used for the calculations. However, in the case where only a small number of macroscopic sc- tering particles are in contact (clusters or aggregates) it is possible to obtain exact results solving Maxwell's equations. Simulations are possible, however, only for a relativelysmallnumberofparticles,especiallyiftheirsizesarelargerthanthewa- length of incident light. The ?rst review chapter in PartI of this volume, prepared by Yasuhiko Okada, presents modern numerical techniques used for the simulation of optical characteristics of densely packed groups of spherical particles. In this case, Mie theory cannot provide accurate results because particles are located in the near ?eld of each other and strongly interact. As a matter of fact, Maxwell's equations must be solved not for each particle separately but for the ensemble as a whole in this case. The author describes techniques for the generation of shapes of aggregates. The orientation averaging is performed by a numerical integration with respect to Euler angles. The numerical aspects of various techniques such as the T-matrix method, discrete dipole approximation, the ?nite di?erence time domain method, e?ective medium theory, and generalized multi-particle Mie so- tion are presented. Recent advances in numerical techniques such as the grouping and adding method and also numerical orientation averaging using a Monte Carlo method are discussed in great depth.

General

Imprint:	Springer-Verlag
Country of origin:	Germany
Series:	Springer Praxis Books
Release date:	August 2010
First published:	2010
Editors:	Alexander A. Kokhanovsky
Dimensions:	240 x 170 x 36mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	549
Edition:	2010 ed.
ISBN-13:	978-3-642-10335-3
Categories:	Books > Professional & Technical > Environmental engineering & technology > General Books > Science & Mathematics > Physics > Applied physics & special topics > Geophysics Books > Earth & environment > Earth sciences > Meteorology > General Books > Earth & environment > Geography > Cartography, geodesy & geographic information systems (GIS) > Geodesy & surveying for maps & charts
LSN:	3-642-10335-9
Barcode:	9783642103353

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