A review of the light scattering properties of cirrus

AJ Baran - Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative …, 2009 - Elsevier
In this review paper the light scattering properties of naturally occurring ice crystals that are
found in cirrus are discussed. Cirrus, also referred to as ice crystal clouds, due to their cold …

From the single-scattering properties of ice crystals to climate prediction: A way forward

AJ Baran - Atmospheric Research, 2012 - Elsevier
Cirrus is composed of non-spherical ice crystals, and against the blue background of the
sky, they appear as tenuous wispy clouds, usually located at altitudes greater than about …

[HTML][HTML] Accurate simulation of the optical properties of atmospheric ice crystals with the invariant imbedding T-matrix method

L Bi, P Yang - Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative …, 2014 - Elsevier
The invariant imbedding T-matrix method (II-TM) is employed to compute the optical
properties of randomly oriented ice crystals of various shapes including hexagonal columns …

On the radiative properties of ice clouds: Light scattering, remote sensing, and radiation parameterization

P Yang, KN Liou, L Bi, C Liu, B Yi, BA Baum - Advances in Atmospheric …, 2015 - Springer
Presented is a review of the radiative properties of ice clouds from three perspectives: light
scattering simulations, remote sensing applications, and broadband radiation …

[图书][B] Light scattering by ice crystals: fundamentals and applications

KN Liou, P Yang - 2016 - books.google.com
This research volume outlines the scientific foundations that are central to our current
understanding of light scattering, absorption and polarization processes involving ice …

Scattering and absorption of light by ice particles: Solution by a new physical-geometric optics hybrid method

L Bi, P Yang, GW Kattawar, Y Hu, BA Baum - Journal of Quantitative …, 2011 - Elsevier
A new physical-geometric optics hybrid (PGOH) method is developed to compute the
scattering and absorption properties of ice particles. This method is suitable for studying the …

The physical-optics approximation and its application to light backscattering by hexagonal ice crystals

A Borovoi, A Konoshonkin, N Kustova - Journal of Quantitative …, 2014 - Elsevier
The physical-optics approximation in the problem of light scattering by large particles is so
defined that it includes the classical physical optics concerning the problem of light …

Backscattering Mueller matrix for quasi-horizontally oriented ice plates of cirrus clouds: application to CALIPSO signals

A Borovoi, A Konoshonkin, N Kustova, H Okamoto - Optics Express, 2012 - opg.optica.org
A general view of the backscattering Mueller matrix for the quasi-horizontally oriented
hexagonal ice crystals of cirrus clouds has been obtained in the case of tilted and scanning …

Interpretation of lidar ratio and depolarization ratio of ice clouds using spaceborne high-spectral-resolution polarization lidar

H Okamoto, K Sato, A Borovoi, H Ishimoto… - Optics …, 2019 - opg.optica.org
The backscattering coefficient (β), lidar ratio (S), and depolarization ratio (δ) of ice particles
were estimated over a wide range of effective radii to interpret spaceborne 355-nm high …

Backscattering peak of ice cloud particles

C Zhou, P Yang - Optics Express, 2015 - opg.optica.org
At a wavelength corresponding to negligible electromagnetic absorption by ice, rigorous
numerical simulations based on solving Maxwell's equations show a backscattering peak …