Some interaction characteristics of IR radiation with ice crystals - New IR channel exploration

  • Xu, Lisheng (Atmospheric Radiation and Satellite Remote Sensing Laboratory (ARSRSL)) ;
  • Ding, Jilie (Institute for Space Information & Nonlinear Sciences Chengdu University of Information Technology)
  • Published : 2002.10.01

Abstract

Some interaction characteristics, i.e., light scattering characteristics, of infrared (IR) radiation with small ice crystals are investigated systematically by using the exact T-matrix approach. Some important facts are obtained, which reveal, especially, that the combination of both the 25 and 3.979$\mu$m together has some advantages and potential applications for remote sensing of cirrus and other ice clouds. A new far-IR channel at the wavelength of 25$\mu$m is proposed.

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