Introduction to the Debye series Analysing the corona Analysing the primary rainbow Analysing the secondary rainbow
Mathematical models of scattering Airy theory and rainbows Rayleigh scattering Diffraction by a sphere Modelling the corona Ray tracing Ray tracing with interference: Young v. Airy
Scattering of Gaussian beams Numerical evaluation Selecting the calculation parameters Overflow problems
Size of light source Variability of size of raindrops-1 Variability of size of raindrops-2
Micro-structure of scattering
Wavelength and colour Refractive index of water Absorbing spheres
Using the MiePlot program
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