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How much is enough? The convergence of finite sample scattering properties to those of infinite media. / Penttilä, Antti; Markkanen, Johannes; Väisänen, Timo et al.
In: Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer, Vol. 262, 107524, 03.2021.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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TY - JOUR
T1 - How much is enough? The convergence of finite sample scattering properties to those of infinite media
AU - Penttilä, Antti
AU - Markkanen, Johannes
AU - Väisänen, Timo
AU - Räbinä, Jukka
AU - Yurkin, Maxim A.
AU - Muinonen, Karri
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2021
PY - 2021/3
Y1 - 2021/3
N2 - We study the scattering properties of a cloud of particles. The particles are spherical, close to the incident wavelength in size, have a high albedo, and are randomly packed to 20% volume density. We show, using both numerically exact methods for solving the Maxwell equations and radiative-transfer-approximation methods, that the scattering properties of the cloud converge after about ten million particles in the system. After that, the backward-scattered properties of the system should estimate the properties of a macroscopic, practically infinite system.
AB - We study the scattering properties of a cloud of particles. The particles are spherical, close to the incident wavelength in size, have a high albedo, and are randomly packed to 20% volume density. We show, using both numerically exact methods for solving the Maxwell equations and radiative-transfer-approximation methods, that the scattering properties of the cloud converge after about ten million particles in the system. After that, the backward-scattered properties of the system should estimate the properties of a macroscopic, practically infinite system.
KW - Maxwell equations
KW - Particulate random media
KW - Radiative transfer
KW - Scattering
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85099617404&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.jqsrt.2021.107524
DO - 10.1016/j.jqsrt.2021.107524
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85099617404
VL - 262
JO - Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer
JF - Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer
SN - 0022-4073
M1 - 107524
ER -
ID: 27606480