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The problem of light interaction with a single droplet or crystal lays in the very heart of cloud optics. Only if this interaction is fully understood further advances in studies of multiple light scattering in clouds are possible (e.g., using the radiative transfer theory).
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Kokhanovsky, A.A. (2006). Optics of a Single Particle. In: Cloud Optics. Atmospheric and Oceanographic Sciences Library, vol 34. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-4020-2_2
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