Monte Carlo simulation of multiple scattered light in the atmosphere
Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
2014-02-18 v1
Abstract
We present a Monte Carlo simulation for the scattering of light in the case of an isotropic light source. The scattering phase functions are studied particularly in detail to understand how they can affect the multiple light scattering in the atmosphere. We show that although aerosols are usually in lower density than molecules in the atmosphere, they can have a non-negligible effect on the atmospheric point spread function. This effect is especially expected for ground-based detectors when large aerosols are present in the atmosphere.
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@article{arxiv.1402.3927,
title = {Monte Carlo simulation of multiple scattered light in the atmosphere},
author = {J. Colombi and K. Louedec},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1402.3927},
year = {2014}
}
Comments
5 pages. Proceedings of the Atmospheric Monitoring for High-Energy Astroparticle Detectors (AtmoHEAD) Conference, Saclay (France), June 10-12, 2013