Multiple scattering corrections to the Beer-Lambert law. 1: Open detector
Abstract
Multiple scattering corrections to the Beer-Lambert law are analyzed by means of a rigorous small-angle solution to the radiative transfer equation. Transmission functions for predicting the received radiant power - a directly measured quantity in contrast to the spectral radiance in the Beer-Lambert law - are derived. Numerical algorithms and results relating to the multiple scattering effects for laser propagation in fog, cloud, and rain are presented.
- Publication:
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Applied Optics
- Pub Date:
- July 1982
- DOI:
- Bibcode:
- 1982ApOpt..21.2405T
- Keywords:
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- Atmospheric Scattering;
- Beer Law;
- Light Scattering;
- Optical Correction Procedure;
- Radiation Detectors;
- Radiative Transfer;
- Clouds (Meteorology);
- Coherent Light;
- Fog;
- Optical Communication;
- Photoabsorption;
- Raindrops;
- Transmission Efficiency;
- Lasers and Masers;
- DETECTORS;
- SCATTERING;
- RADIATIVE TRANSFER;
- ATMOSPHERIC OPTICS