Depolarization of multiple scattered light in atmospheres due to anisotropy of small grains and molecules. II. The problems with sources

TL;DR

This paper extends the study of light depolarization in atmospheres by analyzing the effects of sources of unpolarized radiation, using Green matrices to solve the problem in semi-infinite atmospheres with continuum radiation.

Contribution

It introduces the use of Green matrices to solve the problem of unpolarized radiation sources in semi-infinite atmospheres, building on previous work with invariance principles.

Findings

Analysis of depolarization effects with sources of unpolarized radiation

Application of Green matrices to atmospheric radiative transfer

Focus on continuum radiation in semi-infinite atmospheres

Abstract

In the previous paper we considered two classic problems - the diffuse reflection of the light beam from semi-infinite atmosphere, and the Milne problem. For both problems we used the technique of invariance principle. In this paper we consider the solution of the problem when in semi-infinite atmosphere the sources of unpolarized radiation are exist. Here we used the technique of the Green matrices. We consider only continuum radiation.