scholarly journals Intensity Distributions of Waves Transmitted through a Multiple Scattering Medium

1995 ◽  
Vol 74 (14) ◽  
pp. 2674-2677 ◽  
Author(s):  
Th. M. Nieuwenhuizen ◽  
M. C. W. van Rossum
2013 ◽  
Vol 88 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicolas Viard ◽  
Bruno Giammarinaro ◽  
Arnaud Derode ◽  
Christophe Barrière

1991 ◽  
Vol 69 (8-9) ◽  
pp. 1166-1174 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jacek W. Kaminski ◽  
John C. McConnell

In a planetary atmosphere the J value is determined by the angular-averaged radiance, or the average density of photons in an element of volume. The average density may be enhanced by multiple scattering of photons in a conservative, or near-conservative scattering atmosphere. We show that in a conservative semi-infinite medium this enhancement will be a factor of 5, for optical depths greater than about 20 for coherent scattering. We investigate the modification of the J values owing to multiple scattering in an optically thick medium of various optical depths, various single-scattering albedos of the scattering medium, and a range of surface albedos. We have applied the results to the calculation of J values in clouds in the terrestrial atmosphere and in the Rayleigh-scattering atmosphere of Uranus. We note that J values in a realistic atmosphere may be enhanced by as much as a factor of 5 throughout a large fraction of the atmosphere over those calculated without multiple scattering and surface reflection.


2008 ◽  
Vol 123 (5) ◽  
pp. 3341-3341
Author(s):  
Kevin J. Haworth ◽  
Jeffrey B. Fowlkes ◽  
Paul L. Carson ◽  
Oliver D. Kripfgans

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