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Radiation transfer through atmospheric aerosol media with anisotropic scattering

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Radiation transfer in atmospheric aerosol media with general boundary conditions has been studied for anisotropic scattering. The considered aerosol medium assumed to have specular and diffused reflecting boundary surfaces and in the presence of internal source. The radiation transfer scattering parameters as single scattering albedo, asymmetry factor, scattering, absorption, extinction efficiencies and anisotropic scattering coefficient have been calculated using the Mie theory. The problem with general boundary conditions is solved in terms of the solution of source-free problem with simply boundary conditions. Pomraning-Eddington approximation is used to solve the source-free problem. For the sake of comparison, a weight function is introduced and used in two special forms. The calculated partial heat fluxes with the two methods are compared and showed good agreement. Some of our results are found in a good agreement with published data.

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    A. R. Degheidy, M. Sallah, A. Elgarayhi & S. M. Shaaban

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Degheidy, A.R., Sallah, M., Elgarayhi, A. et al. Radiation transfer through atmospheric aerosol media with anisotropic scattering. Astrophys Space Sci 349, 329–337 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10509-013-1620-1

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