Particle radiative properties#
A particle radiative property data set provides collision coefficients and scattering phase matrix data for the given particle type.
Data access#
Particle radiative propery data sets required by Eradiate are managed the data store (see Introduction for details).
Structure#
The data set must include the following data variables:
sigma_t
(w
): volume extinction coefficient[length^-1]
albedo
(w
): single-scattering albedo[dimensionless]
phase
(w
,mu
,i
,j
): scattering phase matrix[steradian^-1]
(dimensions in brackets) and the following dimension coordinates:
w
: radiation wavelength[length]
mu
: scattering angle cosine[dimensionless]
i
: scattering phase matrix row index (integer)j
: scattering phase matrix column index (integer)