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Chen et al. 2006

Chen, G., P. Yang, G.W. Kattawar, and M.I. Mishchenko, 2006: Scattering phase functions of horizontally oriented hexagonal ice crystals. J. Quant. Spectrosc. Radiat. Transfer, 100, 91-102, doi:10.1016/j.jqsrt.2005.11.029.

Finite-difference time domain (FDTD) solutions are first compared with the corresponding T-matrix results for light scattering by circular cylinders with specific orientations. The FDTD method is then utilized to study the scattering properties of horizontally oriented hexagonal ice plates at two wavelengths, 0.55 and 12 µm. The phase functions of horizontally oriented ice plates deviate substantially from their counterparts obtained for randomly oriented particles. Furthermore, we compute the phase functions of horizontally oriented ice crystal columns by using the FDTD method along with two schemes for averaging over the particle orientations. It is shown that the phase functions of hexagonal ice columns with horizontal orientations are not sensitive to the rotation about the principal axes of the particles. Moreover, hexagonal ice crystals and circular cylindrical ice particles have similar optical properties, particularly, at a strongly absorbing wavelength, if the two particle geometries have the same length and aspect ratio defined as the ratio of the radius or semi-width of the cross section of a particle to its length. The phase functions for the two particle geometries are slightly different in the case of weakly absorbing plates with large aspect ratios. However, the solutions for circular cylinders agree well with their counterparts for hexagonal columns.

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@article{ch09600g,
  author={Chen, G. and Yang, P. and Kattawar, G. W. and Mishchenko, M. I.},
  title={Scattering phase functions of horizontally oriented hexagonal ice crystals},
  year={2006},
  journal={J. Quant. Spectrosc. Radiat. Transfer},
  volume={100},
  pages={91--102},
  doi={10.1016/j.jqsrt.2005.11.029},
}

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TY  - JOUR
ID  - ch09600g
AU  - Chen, G.
AU  - Yang, P.
AU  - Kattawar, G. W.
AU  - Mishchenko, M. I.
PY  - 2006
TI  - Scattering phase functions of horizontally oriented hexagonal ice crystals
JA  - J. Quant. Spectrosc. Radiat. Transfer
VL  - 100
SP  - 91
EP  - 102
DO  - 10.1016/j.jqsrt.2005.11.029
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