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Light scattering by irregularly shaped particles with sizes comparable to the wavelength

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Light scattering by single irregularly shaped particles whose sizes are comparable with wavelength plays an important role in numerous remote-sensing applications. It especially concerns applications dealing with both terrestrial and cosmic dust particles having truly irregular and random structure. The knowledge of the scattering by single irregular particles is absolutely necessary for a realistic modeling and successful interpretation of measurements of light scattering by a powder-like surface, such as, soils, sand-drift or planetary regolith. Note that, though the multiple scattering between constituent particles could significantly dominate over single scattering, it is quite evident that the one is a function of other.

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Zubko, E.S. (2012). Light scattering by irregularly shaped particles with sizes comparable to the wavelength. In: Kokhanovsky, A. (eds) Light Scattering Reviews, Vol. 6. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-15531-4_2

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