snow albedo) was modified in the NorESM climate model, by replacing an approach based on spherical snow grains with an approach
assuming nonspherical snow grains.
Dlugach, J.M., and M.I. Mishchenko, 2007: Diffuse and coherent backscattering of polarized light: Polarization ratios for a discrete random medium composed
of nonspherical particles.
Its peculiar
nonspherical shape suggests that it could be a fragment left over from a giant collision or bits and pieces from a bigger moon, says Spilker.
However, computer simulations of the way in which
strongly nonspherical collections of matter collapse suggested that they would form elongated singularities sticking out beyond the circumference of a Thorne hoop — in other words, naked singularities.
Wielaard, D.J., M.I. Mishchenko, A. Macke, and B.E. Carlson, 1997: Improved T - matrix computations for large, nonabsorbing and weakly
absorbing nonspherical particles and comparison with geometric optics approximation.
Yang, P., Q. Feng, G. Hong, G.W. Kattawar, W.J. Wiscombe, M.I. Mishchenko, O. Dubovik, I. Laszlo, and I.N. Sokolik, 2007: Modeling of the scattering and radiative properties of
nonspherical dust - like aerosols.
Huang, B.A. Baum, Y.X. Hu, G.W. Kattawar, M.I. Mishchenko, and Q. Fu, 2005: Scattering and absorption property database
for nonspherical ice particles in the near - through far - infrared spectral region.
Mishchenko, M.I., 2001: Radiation force caused by scattering, absorption, and emission of light by
nonspherical particles.
«Otherwise, there's really a good correlation between
a nonspherical shape and the presence of a cytoskeleton.»
Kokhanovsky, A.A., and A. Macke, 1997: Integral light - scattering and absorption characteristics of large,
nonspherical particles.
Mishchenko, M.I., L.D. Travis, and J.W. Hovenier, 1999: Introduction to special section: Electromagnetic scattering by
nonspherical particles.
FORTRAN source code for computing electromagnetic scattering by
nonspherical and aggregated particles.
Mishchenko, M.I., and L.D. Travis, 2003: Electromagnetic scattering by
nonspherical particles.
The differences in the optical cross sections, single - scattering albedo, and asymmetry parameter between the spherical and
the nonspherical particles studied appear to be relatively small.