Vol. 2, issue 04, article # 4

Terzi V. F., Yakupova F. S., Kurt L. V. Quantitative theory of rainbows. // Atmospheric and oceanic optics. 1989. V. 2. No. 04. P. 293-296.    PDF
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Abstract:

Exact calculations of two first elements of scattering phase matrix for a homogeneous water particle with the radius of 0,5 mm and for a polydisperse ensemble of spherical particles (Deirmendjian's cloud model C.6) using Mie theory formulas are made. The calculations were made for violet, dark-blue, light-blue, green, Yellow-green, orange, red and purple colours of visible radiation. Spectral distributions of scattering phase functions in the region of primary (the 136°-142° scattering angles) and secondary (124°-130°) rainbows are given.

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