Document Type
Article
Publication Date
8-20-1991
Publication Title
Applied Optics
Abstract
We performed a calculation of the corona colors that employed Mie theory to obtain the scattered light intensity. The scattered intensity was integrated over the visible spectrum for a number of different cloud droplet size distributions. The results were converted to chromaticity coordinates, convolved with the angular size of the sun, and plotted on the 1931 CIE chromaticity diagram. The results were compared to observations of multiple-ring coronas. It was found that, when using Mie theory to estimate cloud droplet sizes, water droplets with diameters in the 7-mu-m less-than-or-similar-to D less-than-or-similar-to 15-mu-m range produced the 13 multiple-ring coronas that were observed.
Repository Citation
Lock, James A. and Yang, Leiming, "Mie Theory Model of the Corona" (1991). Physics Faculty Publications. 18.
https://engagedscholarship.csuohio.edu/sciphysics_facpub/18
Original Citation
Lock, James A. and Leiming Yang*. "Mie Theory Model of the Corona." Applied Optics 30 (1991): 3408-3414.
DOI
10.1364/AO.30.003408
Version
Publisher's PDF
Publisher's Statement
This paper was published in Applied Optics and is made available as an electronic reprint with the permission of OSA. The paper can be found at the following URL on the OSA website: http://www.opticsinfobase.org/ao/abstract.cfm?URI=ao-30-24-3408. Systematic or multiple reproduction or distribution to multiple locations via electronic or other means is prohibited and is subject to penalties under law.
Volume
30
Issue
24
