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Rayleigh scattering limits for low-level bidirectional reflectance distribution function measurements: corrigendum

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Abstract

In previous research [C. C. Asmail, et al.Appl. Opt. 33, 6084–6091 (1994)] an estimate was given of the low-level bidirectional reflectance distribution function (BRDF) limit due to Rayleigh scattering from the air molecules within the detector field of view. Although the underlying model was correct, a fault in the derivation led to a conclusion that contains an erroneous angular factor. A cosine factor in the equivalent BRDF derived by Asmail, et al. [Appl. Opt. 33, 6084–6091 (1994)], which was considered unphysical in that treatment, is incorrect and can obscure the correction in certain circumstances. The treatment below calculates the scattered flux from the gas molecules in the field of view and compares it with the flux scattered from a sample in the same incident beam.

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