Topics in Particle and Dispersion Science

History of updates: 2007

Suffix M denotes a modified topic, P denotes a preview, E denotes errata.

• 31 December 2007
  • Log-normal particle size distribution E
    Several problems due to incomplete editing, especially in Eq. 1, Eq. 2, and Eq. 5, were corrected thanks to a peer-review. The presentation was clarified where statistical terms were used.
  • Moments of a Log-normal distribution M
    The text was clarified and recommendiations amended thanks to a peer-review.
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• 20 November 2007
  • Absorption (of light) coefficient of water: Data sources
  • VSF at the small angles for natural dispersions M
    [Comment on the use of log-normal approximation to extrapolate into the small scattering angles].
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• 19 October 2007
  • Lambert's law: Scattering correction M
    [Discussion of the work of Berrocal E et al 2007]
  • Single and multiple scattering M
    [New criterion of single-scattering developed by Mishchenko MI et al 2007c]
  • Transmission, optical depth, and thickness M
    [Interpretation of the optical density used in Berrocal E et al 2007]
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• 24 August 2007
  • Particle shape parameters
    • in 2D
    • in 3D
  • Particle size is now linked to a separate discussion of the particle shape parameters (see above) M
  • Particle size distribution
    • log-normal note (M) now explains in more detail the various definitions of the log-normal distribution in use
    • moments
      • of log-normal distribution
  • Problems: Radiance of an unidirectional light source
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• 14 June 2007
  • Measures of polarization M
    • Added conditions of equivelence of the rigorous and operational definitions of the polarization degree
  • Modeling interaction of light with particles
    • Calculation methods for nonspherical/ingomogeneous particles (a concise review)
      • Introduction
      • "Exact" methods
      • Approximate methods
  • Particle size M
    • Added definitions of the Sauter diameter, D₃₂ diameter, and volume-surface diameter
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• 04 June 2007
  • Effective optical particle shape: A sphere M
    • Added a note on representing a hexagonal ice particle by a collection of independent microspheres with the volume-to-area ratio equal to that of the particles.
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• 04 May 2007
  • Attenuation coefficient M
  • Mie theory: Optical resonances M
  • Solid angle
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• 14 February 2007
  • Particle and dispersion optics (TC) M
    • Interaction of light with particles M
    • Radiative transfer M
  • Radiative transfer theory
    • at normal incidence illumination
      • Radiative transfer equation (RTE)
        • derivation
      • Solving the RTE
      • Transmission function
        • approximate vs. exact solutions
  • RTE and ...
    • transmission measurement M
    • Lambert law
  • Lambert law: Scattering corrections
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• 31 January 2007
  • Imaging in very turbid medium M
  • Radiative transfer equation M
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• 19 January 2007
  • PSD approximation by
    • gamma function
    • modified gamma function
  • Radiometry
    • Intensity M E
    • Radiance law
      • in uniform media
      • in non-uniform media

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