| dc.description.abstract | The light scattering properties of some components in the atmosphere and ocean are
of particular interests for their relevant applications in remote sensing and climate studies.
In this dissertation, numerical studies are presented on the light scattering properties
of several components, including small organic and inorganic particles suspended in the
water, soot-laden mineral dust aerosols, and the air-sea interface. For the aquatic particles,
a non-spherical ensemble model is proposed to simulate their inherent optical properties.
The comparisons between the conventional spherical and the non-spherical models
on the backscattering scattering properties are discussed. For soot-laden mineral dust
aerosol, soot’s mixing effects on the single and multiple scattering properties of mineral
dust aerosol are numerically investigated. The uncertainties on the forward and inverse
modeling of radiative transfer are quantified via proposed parameterization and analysis
schemes. Last, the dynamic reflection and transmission properties of an air-sea interface
layer are numerically simulated via a developed Monte-Carlo radiative transfer model, the
dependency on the wind speed and time are discussed.The numerical studies in this dissertation
demonstrate broad applications of the light scattering simulation techniques, which
have been improved dramatically over the last few decades. | en |
