| The elliptical polarization of light scattered by a volume of atmospheric air. | |
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PMID: 20048897 Owner: NLM Status: PubMed-not-MEDLINE |
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The scattering of linearly polarized light by aerosol particles produces partly polarized light whose ellipticity is theoretically and experimentally investigated for the specific case of a continental atmospheric aerosol in a volume of air. With the Mie theory and under the assumption of various aerosol size-distribution models, the ellipticity has been computed as a function of the scattering angle for various wavelengths. The computations have been based upon complex indices of refraction: M = 1.5-0.0i, M = 1.5-0.0li, M = 1.5-0.li, M = 1.44-0.0i, M = 1.4-0.0i, M = 1.33-0.0i. The comparison between computed and measured values for the wavelengths of lambda = 0.45 micro to lambda = 0.65 micro discloses for dry aerosol a real part of the refractive index m = 1.50 and an imaginary part 0.01 <or=5 k > 0.1. With moist aerosol, the real part of the refractive index as well as the imaginary part decreases. |
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R Eiden |
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Type: Journal Article |
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Title: Applied optics Volume: 5 ISSN: 0003-6935 ISO Abbreviation: Appl Opt Publication Date: 1966 Apr |
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Created Date: 2010-01-05 Completed Date: 2010-05-20 Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 0247660 Medline TA: Appl Opt Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 569-75 Citation Subset: - |
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Meteorological-Geophysical nstitute, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany. |
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