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Principal Authors:
Fawwaz T. Ulaby
David G. Long,

Contributing Authors:
William Blackwell
Charles Elachi
Adrian Fung
Chris Ruf
Kamal Sarabandi
Jakob van Zyl
Howard Zebker

Language: English
ISBN: 978-0-472-11935-6


Code 11.3: Mie Extinction of Dry Snow

Code Name: MieExtinc_DrySnow.m

Description: Code computes the Mie absorption, scattering, and extinction coefficients of dry snow for specified snow density and ice particle radius.

Input Variables:

  ρs:    Snow density (g/cm3)
  ri:    Ice-particle radius (m)
  f:    Frequency (GHz)
  t:    Temperature (°C)

Output Products:

  κa:    Absorption coefficient (Np/m)
  κs:    Scattering coefficient (Np/m)
  κe:    Extinction coefficient (Np/m)
  a:    Single-scattering albedo

Book Reference: Section 11-15.1 and Eq. (11.112) and (11.113), with Q computed according to the Mie model of Section 8-5.

Code: module11_3.m