OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS: MATHEMATICAL MODELING

Method and program complex for numerical evaluation of the full set of spectral properties of light single
scattering with application to polydisperse system of spherical particles were developed, with the emphasis on
spectral dependence of volume scattering coefficients and angular dependencies of phase matrix elements. This
approach ensures the real time data analysis of optical properties of aerosols of natural and anthropogenic origin
in the Earth’s atmosphere and serves as an effective tool for remote sensing of the atmosphere and the processes
involved. The data bank on light scattering of various type of terrestrial aerosols was compiled with the account
for different particles size distributions, which also comprises model optical characteristics of aerosols in the
Venus and Mars atmospheres