Light Tunneling in Clouds
Applied Optics, Vol. 42, Issue 9, pp. 1588-1593 (2003)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/AO.42.001588
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Abstract
Solar radiation, traveling outside cloud water droplets, excites sharp resonances and surface waves by tunneling into the droplets. This effect contributes substantially to the total absorption (typically, of the order of 20%) and yields the major contribution to backscattering, producing the meteorological glory. Usual computational practices in atmospheric science misrepresent resonance contributions and cannot be relied on in the assessment of possible anomalies in cloud absorption.
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OCIS Codes
(010.1290) Atmospheric and oceanic optics : Atmospheric optics
(010.1300) Atmospheric and oceanic optics : Atmospheric propagation
(010.1310) Atmospheric and oceanic optics : Atmospheric scattering
(010.3640) Atmospheric and oceanic optics : Lidar
(290.1090) Scattering : Aerosol and cloud effects
(290.4020) Scattering : Mie theory
Citation
H. Moyses Nussenzveig, "Light Tunneling in Clouds," Appl. Opt. 42, 1588-1593 (2003)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/ao/abstract.cfm?URI=ao-42-9-1588
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