Abstract

The problem of multiple radiation scattering in a 3-D cloud is considered. The radiation is considered as energy bundles that impinge on the cloud’s particles and are scattered around. The probabilistic expressions for bundle distribution are developed. An expression for radiation diffusivity for the nonisotropc scatter is presented. Two numerical examples show the application of the present theory.

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