Individual rainbow-forming droplets scatter light symmetrically across specific angles
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Individual rainbow-forming droplets scatter light across specific angles in patterns predicted by Mie scattering theory, enabling the remote sensing of droplet size and distribution.
Evidence for · 3
Spatial distribution of cloud droplet size properties from Airborne Hyper-Angular Rainbow Polarimeter (AirHARP) measurements
2019 · cited by 43
Spatial distribution of cloud droplet size properties from Airborne Hyper-Angular Rainbow Polarimeter (AirHARP) measurements (2019) notes that droplet effective radius and variance are inferred by matching measurements to Mie polarized phase functions across specific view angles.
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Fano Combs in the Directional Mie Scattering of a Water Droplet.
2023 · cited by 10
Fano Combs in the Directional Mie Scattering of a Water Droplet (2023) explains the directional Mie scattering spectra and angular momentum characteristics of individual water droplets.
A new way to see the clouds: the hyper-angular rainbow polarimeter (HARP2) on the NASA PACE satellite mission
2026 · cited by 2
A new way to see the clouds: the hyper-angular rainbow polarimeter (HARP2) on the NASA PACE satellite mission (2026) describes how multi-angle measurements of the cloudbow matched to Mie scattering predictions enable cloud droplet size retrievals.