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Dlugach and Mishchenko 2005

Dlugach, Z.M., and M.I. Mishchenko, 2005: The effect of aerosol shape in retrieving optical properties of cloud particles in the planetary atmospheres from the photopolarimetric data Jupiter. Sol. Sys. Res., 39, 102-111, doi:10.1007/s11208-005-0026-1.

The influence of the assumed shape of aerosols on the estimates of the refractive index and size of particles (based on the data of ground-based spectropolarimetric measurements) is investigated for Jupiter's cloud layer. In the present analysis, we supposed the atmospheric particles to be chaotically oriented spheroids and cylinders with a gamma size distribution. Their single-scattering characteristics were calculated with the T-matrix method, and the intensity and degree of linear polarization of the radiation reflected by the center of the planetary disk were found by solving the vector radiative-transfer equation with consideration for multiple scattering in a plane-parallel atmosphere. We considered a spectral interval from 0.423 to 0.798 pm and phase angles a from 0° to 11°. It has been shown that, if we use the optical characteristics of aerosols found within the frames of a spherical model (Mishchenko, 1990a), the models with the nonspherical particles considered here cannot fit the observational data. The refractive index and the sizes of spheroidal and cylindrical particles were estimated from a comparison of the data of measurements and calculations, and the simplest models for the Jovian cloud layer structure have been considered. We have concluded that the optical parameters of cloud particles (specifically, the refractive index) cannot be reliably estimated only on the basis of measurements made in a narrow ran e of phase angles.

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@article{dl05000n,
  author={Dlugach, Z. M. and Mishchenko, M. I.},
  title={The effect of aerosol shape in retrieving optical properties of cloud particles in the planetary atmospheres from the photopolarimetric data Jupiter},
  year={2005},
  journal={Solar System Research},
  volume={39},
  pages={102--111},
  doi={10.1007/s11208-005-0026-1},
}

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TY  - JOUR
ID  - dl05000n
AU  - Dlugach, Z. M.
AU  - Mishchenko, M. I.
PY  - 2005
TI  - The effect of aerosol shape in retrieving optical properties of cloud particles in the planetary atmospheres from the photopolarimetric data Jupiter
JA  - Sol. Sys. Res.
JO  - Solar System Research
VL  - 39
SP  - 102
EP  - 111
DO  - 10.1007/s11208-005-0026-1
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