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Scattering Properties Of Dense Media From Monte Carlo Simulations With Application To Active Remote Sensing Of Snow, Lisa M. Zurk, L. Tsang, Dale P. Winebrenner
Scattering Properties Of Dense Media From Monte Carlo Simulations With Application To Active Remote Sensing Of Snow, Lisa M. Zurk, L. Tsang, Dale P. Winebrenner
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Monte Carlo simulations are used to derive the phase matrix, effective permittivity, and scattering coefficient for a random medium consisting of densely packed spheres up to 5000 in number. The results include correlated scattering and coherent wave interaction among the scatterers. The Monte Carlo simulations are based on a multiple-scattering formulation of the Foldy-Lax equations. It is shown that the derived phase matrix is in good agreement with dense media radiative transfer theory for copolarized scattering. The depolarization, however, can be substantially larger than conventional theory. Two methods are used to analyze the behavior of the coherent wave to obtain …