Modeling the radiative properties of nonspherical soil-derived mineral aerosols

Mineral dust aerosols have complex nonspherical shapes and varying composition. This study utilizes data on morphology (size and shape) and composition of dust particles to determine the extent to which the optical properties of real particles differ from those of spheres. A method for modeling the optical properties of complex particle mixtures is proposed. The method combines dust particle composition-shape-size (CSS) distributions reconstructed from the electron microscopy data, effective medium approximations and discrete dipole approximation. The method is used to compute optical characteristics of realistic dust mixtures representative of Saharan and Asian dust. We demonstrate that considered CSS distributions result in various differences in the extinction coefficient, single scattering albedo, asymmetry parameter and the scattering phase function relative to the volume-equivalent spheres and the mixtures of the randomly oriented oblate and prolate spheroids. Implications of these differences for radiation/climate modeling and remote sensing are discussed.     

A single-scattering approximation for infrared radiative transfer in limb geometry in the Martian atmosphere

We present a single-scattering approximation for infrared radiative transfer in limb geometry in the Martian atmosphere. It is based on the assumption that the upwelling internal radiation field is dominated by a surface with a uniform brightness temperature. It allows the calculation of the scattering source function for individual aerosol types, mixtures of aerosol types, and mixtures of gas and aerosol. The approximation can be applied in a Curtis-Godson radiative transfer code and is used for operational retrievals from Mars Climate Sounder measurements. Radiance comparisons with a multiple scattering model show good agreement in the mid- and far-infrared although the approximate model tends to underestimate the radiances in realistic conditions of the Martian atmosphere. Relative radiance differences are found to be about 2% in the lowermost atmosphere, increasing to ∼10% in the middle atmosphere of Mars. The increasing differences with altitude are mostly due to the increasing contribution to limb radiance of scattering relative to emission at the colder, higher atmospheric levels. This effect becomes smaller toward longer wavelengths at typical Martian temperatures. The relative radiance differences are expected to produce systematic errors of similar magnitude in retrieved opacity profiles.     

The multiband method in radiative transfer calculations

The multiband method is developed for use in radiative transfer problems. The essence of the method is to divide the frequency range into both energy groups and cross section bands. Included in the formulation are the effects of continuously varying (in space and time) opacities, which leads to band-to-band streaming transfer terms. Several numerical examples indicate the increased accuracy possible by using a combination of groups and bands, as contrasted to groups alone.     

Intensity,radiative flux and flux divergence of an exponential-wide band

Exact and asymptotic results are obtained for the total intensity, forward radiative flux and forward radiative flux divergence in a plane-parallel layer of a homogeneous medium whose absorption coefficient is given by the envelope of the exponential-wide band model. These are compared to an empirical correlation.     

Uncertainties in underground muon flux calculations

Influence of various theoretical and experimental uncertainties on results of underground muon flux calculations is estimated on the basis of a semi-analytical solution of muon spectrum transport equation. Status and accuracies of theoretical formulae for muon interaction cross sections and energy loss rate are discussed. A brief review of recent improvements in theoretical treatment of muon interactions is given. A necessity of a comprehensive verification of different muon transport codes is stressed.     

Stability of explicit radiation-material coupling in radiative transfer calculations

We show that explicit radiation-material coupling, which is essentially always stable for infrared radiative transfer is conditionally stable in the high energy density regime. A linearized stability analysis is first performed for a simple infinite-medium problem that yields both a criterion for unconditional stability, a time-step restriction that applies for conditional stability, and a time-step criterion that always applies for non-oscillatory solutions. This analysis is then extended to include space dependence with the result that the system is always conditionally stable, but with a time step restriction somewhat different from the infinite-medium case. Nonetheless, the time step restriction for non-oscillatory solutions remains the same. Computations are presented that confirm the predictions of our analysis, and conclusions are given.     

激光腔靶耦合二维辐射输运数值模拟

间接驱动激光聚变过程中,黑腔内物质处于非局域热动平衡(non-LTE)状态,而且辐射传输具有非平衡、各向异性等特点。为了精确描述黑腔辐射场的演化及其与物质的相互作用,最新研制的激光聚变二维总体LARED集成程序,基于non-LTE的多群辐射输运建模,首次实现了激光黑腔靶实验的全过程数值模拟。数值结果表明,辐射输运计算较好地反映了黑腔辐射场均匀性变化,腔壁光斑区与非光斑区X光发射强度比与实验测量值接近,靶丸压缩形状与实验图像定性一致。     

激光腔靶耦合二维辐射输运数值模拟

:间接驱动激光聚变过程中,黑腔内物质处于非局域热动平衡(non-LTE)状态,而且辐射传输具有非平衡、各向异性等特点。为了精确描述黑腔辐射场的演化及其与物质的相互作用,最新研制的激光聚变二维总体LARED集成程序,基于non-LTE的多群辐射输运建模,首次实现了激光黑腔靶实验的全过程数值模拟。数值结果表明,辐射输运计算较好地反映了黑腔辐射场均匀性变化,腔壁光斑区与非光斑区X光发射强度比与实验测量值接近,靶丸压缩形状与实验图像定性一致。     

Uncertainties in measured and modelled asymmetry parameters of mineral dust aerosols

The error caused by the uncertainty in the refractive index in the determination of the asymmetry parameter g is studied for a variety of mineral dust aerosol samples at two different optical wavelengths. Lorenz–Mie computations for spherical model particles are compared with results based on laboratory-measured phase functions in conjunction with a commonly used extrapolation method. The difference between the g-value based on measurements and the g-value based on Lorenz–Mie simulations is generally on the same order of magnitude as the error caused by the uncertainty in the refractive index m. For larger effective radii the error in g related to the use of spherical model particles is even larger than that related to the uncertainty in m. This indicates that the use of spherical model particles can be among the major error sources in the determination of the asymmetry parameter of dust aerosols.     

Numerical evaluation of optical single-scattering properties using multiple-scattering inverse transport methods

Five inverse methods for determining the single-scattering properties from monochromatic optical experiments in a homogeneous multiple-scattering slab geometry are presented and compared using analytical calculations. The methods require only measurements of the specific intensities entering and leaving the target.One method requires the pulsed irradiation of the target by a non-normally incident beam, followed by measurements for all times of the time-dependent specific intensities over both the polar and azimuthal angles. Two other methods are based on normally-incident irradiation and require measurements over only the polar angle; one method requires time-dependent measurements for all times following a laser pulse, while the second permits use of a continuous-working laser but requires experiments on targets of different thicknesses. The last two methods are obtained from the Laplace-transform of time dependent specific intensities; one method requires that the Laplace transform variable s be very large, while the other requires using a set of negative s-values tending to the limit for which Laplace transformed specific intensity becomes unbounded.     

Critical properties of non-spherical molecule fluids from virial expansion

For systems of Kihara molecules with circular cores, the values of the reduced critical constants were determined from the fourth-order virial expansion as functions of the core diameter/thickness ratio. From expressions for the reduced functions both for the oblate and prolate shapes, the values of critical constants of four cyclic hydrocarbons and four branched alkanes were evaluated and compared with the experimental data and values obtained from the perturbation theory.     

The reflection and polarization properties of non-spherical aerosol particles

In this paper, we investigate the capability of multi-angle TOA reflectance and polarized reflectance for the retrieval of aerosol properties including aerosol mode (fine mode and coarse mode), aerosol shape (sphere and non-spherical), and aerosol optical thickness. Single-scattering parameters and phase-matrix elements were computed for randomly oriented non-spherical aerosol particles. Sensitivity indices were introduced to quantify the sensitivity of the TOA total reflectance and polarized reflectance to aerosol parameters. Finally, on the basis of the sensitivity study, this paper presents a conceptual approach toward the remote sensing of non-spherical aerosol three parameters (aerosol mode, aerosol shape, and aerosol optical thickness) using the TOA total reflectance and TOA polarized reflectance for the 0.865 μm spectral bands measured at multiple viewing angles.     

氙气中辐射激波的发光特性

本文模拟研究了氙气中X射线加热产生辐射激波的发光特性.辐射激波采用Zinn模型计算,并在模型中输入氙气的辐射不透明度和状态方程参数.研究发现,辐射激波伴随着丰富的光学演化过程,激波对外辐射强度表现出两个明显的亮度峰值和一个亮度极小值,辐射光谱也经常偏离黑体辐射光谱.对氙气不同位置光学特性的分析可知,激波和内部高温区的辐...     

Numerical solution of the radiative transfer equation in spherically symmetric dust shells

An efficient numerical method is presented for solving problems of radiative transfer in dust shells with spherical symmetry. The method can be applied to a wide variety of radiative transfer problems in planetary atmospheres, circumstellar dust envelopes and extended stellar atmospheres. The computational procedure and practical considerations for implementing the method are described in detail. As an illustration, the method is used to determine the grain temperature distribution and far i.r. emission from interstellar dust clouds associated with compact HII regions. Generalizations to problems involving cylindrical geometry and multi-temperature dust shells are discussed in the appendices.     

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对ITER中子通量监测器(NFM)建立了简化模型并进行了计算分析。利用MCNP程序模拟计算了具有不同慢化剂材料/类型的NFM的探测效率能量响应和时间响应,通过对结果的分析确定了不同NFM上所使用的慢化剂种类及其用量,同时给出了对ITER NFM的初步物理认识。     

The effect of orbital relaxation on transition energies in radiative opacity calculations

The neglect of orbital relaxation in average-atom opacity calculations is investigated for the case of K-shell photoexcitation and photoionization in a chlorine plasma.     

利用HITRAN资料研究黑碳和沙尘气溶胶粒子的光学特性

在IDL程序语言中实现Mie理论的数值算法,利用HITRAN资料提供的气溶胶粒子复折射指数,计算分析了沙尘、黑炭2种气溶胶粒子在不同半径（1μm,2.5μm和10μm）时,对波长为400nm和860nm光的散射效率以及散射相函数矩阵元素。结果表明：黑炭与沙尘有明显的光学性质差别,沙尘粒子不仅散射效率大于黑碳,而且后向散射比黑碳粒子强。 2种粒子对400 nm和860 nm太阳光的偏振也不同,可以利用此特性鉴别这2种气溶胶。     

Critical properties of non-spherical molecule fluids from the virial expansion

Critical constants of pure fluids (as important reference data in constructing vapour-liquid phase diagrams and basic input of various estimation methods) were determined for systems of non-spherical Kihara molecules; values of the critical temperature, density, compression factor and pressure of fluids composed of prolate and oblate molecules were evaluated from the fourth-order virial expansion. The second and third virial coefficients of the Kihara molecules were determined by applying the recently proposed method in which the effect of molecular core geometry and functional dependence of a pair interaction on the surface-surface distance are factorized and the former contribution determined from a formula for the corresponding hard convex body virial coefficient. The virial expansion for non-spherical Kihara molecules is applied to determine the critical constants of n-alkanes (methane to octane) and cyclic hydrocarbons (cyclopentane, cyclohexane, benzene and naphthalene); a fair agreement with experimental data was found.     

Polarization properties of light multiply scattered by non-spherical Rayleigh particles

Multiple scattering of incoherent polarized light propagating through a random medium comprised of spheroidal Rayleigh particles is studied using Monte Carlo simulations. Two approaches are taken for the implementation of the simulation: the first uses individual realizations of particle orientation and the second, an accelerated method, averages over the particle orientation. These different methods produce results that are indistinguishable within statistical errors. The depolarization of light is examined in both transmission and backscatter for media comprised of spheroids of different polarizability ratios. In media containing spheroidal particles the depolarization is greater than that for spherical particles. Media containing prolate spheroids are more depolarizing than media comprising oblate particles of the same polarizability ratio. The extra depolarization due to asphericity is much less pronounced in the multiple scattering regime than for single scattering.     

Polarization properties of light multiply scattered by non-spherical Rayleigh particles

Abstract

Multiple scattering of incoherent polarized light propagating through a random medium comprised of spheroidal Rayleigh particles is studied using Monte Carlo simulations. Two approaches are taken for the implementation of the simulation: the first uses individual realizations of particle orientation and the second, an accelerated method, averages over the particle orientation. These different methods produce results that are indistinguishable within statistical errors. The depolarization of light is examined in both transmission and backscatter for media comprised of spheroids of different polarizability ratios. In media containing spheroidal particles the depolarization is greater than that for spherical particles. Media containing prolate spheroids are more depolarizing than media comprising oblate particles of the same polarizability ratio. The extra depolarization due to asphericity is much less pronounced in the multiple scattering regime than for single scattering.