Skylight-Polarization-Pattern

version: 1.0

last_update_time: 2014-10-20

reference:

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3. Radiative transfer theory link
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###理想Rayleigh单次散射条件下的大气偏振模式建模与仿真

skylight polarization pattern based on Rayleigh model

skylight polarization pattern based on vector radiative transfer equation link

偏振度dop: degree of polarization

偏振化方向角aop: angle of polarization

Rayleigh 3D

三维空间上的大气偏振模式分布 (3-dimensional), 需要使用mayavi库 (mayavi library)

直接投影

复平面投影

Rayleigh 2D

二维平面中的大气偏振模式分布 (2-dimensional)

直接投影 (Rayleigh_2D_directly.py)

偏振度 dop (太阳高度角30°, 方位角45°)

偏振化方向角 aop (太阳高度角30°, 方位角45°)

复平面投影 (Rayleigh_2D_complex.py)

偏振度 aop (太阳高度角30°, 方位角45°)

偏振化方向角 aop (太阳高度角30°, 方位角45°)

###Environment

python 2.7.8, numpy 1.8.1, matplotlib 1.3.1, spyder 2.3.0