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Prospects for Estimating the Properties of a Loose Surface from the Phase Profiles of Polarization and Intensity of the Scattered Light
Authors:Petrova  E V  Tishkovets  V P  Nelson  R M  Boryta  M D
Institution:1.Space Research Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 117997, Russia
;2.Institute of Radioastronomy, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kharkiv, 61002, Ukraine
;3.Kharkiv National University, Kharkiv, 61022, Ukraine
;4.Planetary Science Institute, Pasadena, CA, 91104, United States
;5.Mt. San Antonio College, Walnut, CA, 91789, United States
;
Abstract:

It has been shown that the model of a scattering medium composed of clusters located in the far zones of each other allows some properties of regolith-like surfaces to be quantitatively estimated from the phase dependences of intensity and polarization measured in the backscattering domain. From the polarization profiles, the sizes of particles, the structure and porosity of the medium, and a portion of the surface area covered with a disperse material can be determined. At the same time, the intensity profiles of the scattered light weakly depend on the sizes and structure of particles; they are mainly controlled by the concentration of scatterers in the medium and the shadow-hiding contribution at small phase angles. Since the latter effect is beyond the considered model, a good agreement between the model and the measured intensity cannot be achieved. Nevertheless, if a portion of the surface that participates in coherent backscattering has been found from the phase profile of polarization, the present model makes it possible to determine the relative contribution of the shadow-hiding effect to the brightness surge measured at zero phase angle. This, in turn, may allow the roughness of the scattering surface to be estimated. The model contains no free parameters, but there is currently no possibility to verify it comprehensively by the data obtained in laboratory measurements of the samples with thoroughly controlled characteristics, because such measurements are rare for a wide range of the properties of particles in a medium, their packing density, and phase angles.

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