Optical modeling of mineral dust particles: A review

T Nousiainen - Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative …, 2009 - Elsevier
Dust particles are uniquely and irregularly shaped, they can be inhomogeneous, form
agglomerates, be composed of anisotropic materials, and have a preferred orientation. As …

Model particles in atmospheric optics

M Kahnert, T Nousiainen, H Lindqvist - Journal of Quantitative …, 2014 - Elsevier
This review paper provides an overview over model geometries for computing light
scattering by small particles. The emphasis is on atmospheric optics, although much of this …

A computational model to generate simulated three‐dimensional breast masses

L de Sisternes, JG Brankov, AM Zysk… - Medical …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose: To develop algorithms for creating realistic three‐dimensional (3D) simulated
breast masses and embedding them within actual clinical mammograms. The proposed …

Cometary dust properties retrieved from polarization observations: Application to C/1995 O1 Hale–Bopp and 1P/Halley

J Lasue, AC Levasseur-Regourd, E Hadamcik… - Icarus, 2009 - Elsevier
The analysis of the polarized light scattered by cometary dust particles provides information
on the physical properties of the solid component of cometary comae for C/1995 O1 Hale …

Light scattering by feldspar particles: comparison of model agglomerate debris particles with laboratory samples

E Zubko, K Muinonen, O Muñoz, T Nousiainen… - Journal of Quantitative …, 2013 - Elsevier
We present comparisons of the non-zero light-scattering Mueller-matrix elements of
agglomerated debris particles with those of well-characterized experimentally measured …

Near-field radiative heat transfer between irregularly shaped dielectric particles modeled with the discrete system Green's function method

LP Walter, EJ Tervo, M Francoeur - Physical Review B, 2022 - APS
Near-field radiative heat transfer (NFRHT) between irregularly shaped dielectric particles
made of SiO 2 and morphology characterized by Gaussian random spheres is studied …

Experimental scattering matrices of martian dust aerosols with narrow particle-size distributions

J Martikainen, O Muñoz, JCG Martín… - The Astrophysical …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
We present experimental scattering matrices of the JSC Mars-1, MMS-2, and MGS-1
simulants at 488 and 640 nm. The analogs were processed so that narrow size distributions …

Scattering matrix of large Saharan dust particles: Experiments and computations

O Muñoz, H Volten, JW Hovenier… - Journal of …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
We present measurements of the complete scattering matrix as a function of the scattering
angle of a sample of Sahara sand particles collected from a dune in Libya. The …

[KNIHA][B] Light scattering and absorption by particles: the Q-space approach

CM Sorensen - 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
How electromagnetic radiation such as light is scattered or absorbed by media is used in
many fields as it can provide information on the size, shape, number, and dynamics of …

Light scattering by Gaussian particles with internal inclusions and roughened surfaces using ray optics

K Muinonen, T Nousiainen, H Lindqvist… - Journal of Quantitative …, 2009 - Elsevier
We study light scattering by Gaussian-random-sphere particles that are large compared to
the wavelength of the incident light using ray optics that, in addition to Fresnellian reflection …