Scattering and Polarization Properties of the Non-Spherical Particles

Abstract

The albedo and dichroic polarization of spheroidal particles are studied. For the description of the phase function two asymmetry parameters $g_{||}$ and $g_{\perp }$ characterizing the anisotropy in forward/backward and left/right directions are introduced and calculated. The consideration is based on the solution to the light scattering problem by the Separation of Variables Method (Voshchinnikov and Farafonov, 1993).

4 pages, 6 figures, to be published in Proceedings of International Radiation Symposium IRS 2000: Current Problems in Atmospheric Radiation, St. Petersburg, July 24-29, 2000