Open AccessComputer simulation of coronas, glories and fogbows in atmospheric clouds and fogs
Author(s) -
Andrey V. Zakovryashin,
S. M. Prigarin
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of physics. conference series
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1742-6596
pISSN - 1742-6588
DOI - 10.1088/1742-6596/1715/1/012024
Subject(s) - mie scattering , scattering , fog , radius , optics , physics , phase (matter) , software , light scattering , computational physics , computer science , meteorology , computer security , quantum mechanics , programming language
This paper deals with the development of software that allows one to compute the scattering phase functions of the optical radiation in polydisperse media consisting of spherical particles, based on the Mie scattering theory. The software also enables computer visualization of such optical phenomena as rainbows, glories and coronas. A special technique is used to significantly accelerate the integration over the radius of scattering particles and to increase the calculation rate of the scattering phase functions. Using the software developed, we have performed a detailed analysis of the scattering phase functions for a large number of well-known cloud and fog models, and have created computer images of optical phenomena (rainbows, glories, and coronas) that are inherent to the considered models.