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Science 6 August 1976:
Vol. 193. no. 4252, pp. 480 - 482
DOI: 10.1126/science.193.4252.480
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Light Scattering by Irregular Randomly Oriented Particles

PETR CHYacuteLEK 1, G. W. GRAMS 2, and R. G. PINNICK 3

1 Department of Geosciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, and National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, Colorado 80303
2 National Center for Atmospheric Research
3 Atmospheric Sciences Laboratory, U.S. Army Electronics Command, White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico 88002

A method for calculating light scattering by irregular randomly oriented particles yields results that are in good agreement with experimental data. The method is based on the assumption that surface waves are present in scattering by spherical particles, but they are absent in scattering by irregular particles.

Submitted on March 31, 1976
Revised on June 2, 1976


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