Software for phase functions fast computation and optical phenomena visualization in water-drop atmospheric clouds

Andrey V. Zakovryashin; Sergei M. Prigarin

doi:10.1117/12.2505569

13 December 2018 Software for phase functions fast computation and optical phenomena visualization in water-drop atmospheric clouds

Andrey V. Zakovryashin, Sergei M. Prigarin

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Proceedings Volume 10833, 24th International Symposium on Atmospheric and Ocean Optics: Atmospheric Physics; 108332Y (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2505569
Event: XXIV International Symposium, Atmospheric and Ocean Optics, Atmospheric Physics, 2018, Tomsk, Russian Federation

Abstract

In this paper, we describe numerical and visualization software that allows one to compute phase functions of atmospheric water-drop clouds for an arbitrary distribution of drop radius and represent such optical phenomena as fogbows, glories and coronas. High performance and computational accuracy of the algorithms are provided by the use of a large array of data preliminarily calculated for monodisperse media, and numerical integration by high-order quadrature rules. The software has a user-friendly interface, which allows an interactive design of particle size distributions, simultaneous computation of phase functions for several wavelengths, and immediate visualization of possible optical phenomena.

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Andrey V. Zakovryashin and Sergei M. Prigarin "Software for phase functions fast computation and optical phenomena visualization in water-drop atmospheric clouds", Proc. SPIE 10833, 24th International Symposium on Atmospheric and Ocean Optics: Atmospheric Physics, 108332Y (13 December 2018); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2505569

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