A Study of the O2 A band including Polarisation Effects

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A Study of the O2 A band including Polarisation
Effects

• Vijay Natraj

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Equation of RT
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Stokes Parameters

• Stokes parameters are time averages
• I ltal2ar2gt
• Q ltal2-ar2gt
• U 2ltalarcosdgt
• V 2ltalarsindgt
• Pol (Q2U2V2)1/2/I

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Scattering Matrix
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Expansion Coefficients
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Relation between Scattering Matrix and Expansion
Coefficients
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References

• http//www.gps.caltech.edu/vijay/Papers/Polarisat
  ion/hovenier-71.pdf
• http//www.gps.caltech.edu/vijay/Papers/Polarisat
  ion/hansen-travis-74.pdf
• http//www.gps.caltech.edu/vijay/Papers/Polarisat
  ion/de20rooij-84.pdf