Multiple Scattering Corrections To The Beer-Lambert Law

Andrew Zardecki

doi:10.1117/12.935761

12 July 1983 Multiple Scattering Corrections To The Beer-Lambert Law

Andrew Zardecki

Proceedings Volume 0410, Laser Beam Propagation in the Atmosphere; (1983) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.935761
Event: 1983 Technical Symposium East, 1983, Arlington, United States

Abstract

The effect of multiple scattering on the validity of the Beer-Lambert law is discussed for a wide range of particle size parameters and optical depths. To predict the amount of received radiant power, appropriate correction terms are introduced. For particles larger than or comparable to the wavelength of radiation the small-angle approximation is adequate, whereas for small densely packed particles the diffusion theory is advantageously employed. These two approaches are used in the context of the problem of laser beam propagation in a dense aerosol medium. In addition, preliminary results obtained by using a two-dimensional finite element discrete-ordinates transport code are described. Multiple scattering effects for laser propagation in fog, cloud, rain and aerosol cloud are modeled.

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Andrew Zardecki "Multiple Scattering Corrections To The Beer-Lambert Law", Proc. SPIE 0410, Laser Beam Propagation in the Atmosphere, (12 July 1983); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.935761

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