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)