Abstract
The quality of the image produced by an outdoor optical system is affected by the presence of atmospheric aerosols between object and receiver. The properties of the point-spread function that result from aerosol particles were calculated by a new Monte Carlo code called MEDIA (an acronym for Modélisation des Effets de Diffusion Inhérents à l’Atmosphère). The influence of the scattering phase function’s angular dependence on the irradiance of the focal plane of a detector was studied. Calculations were performed by use of Mie theory and of the Henyey–Greenstein formulation for the same asymmetry parameter and various detector optical characteristics and atmospheric conditions. Major variations were observed for strong forward-peaked scattering phase functions and a large detector field of view.
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