https://github.com/bsumlin/PyMieScatt

A collection of forward and inverse Mie solving routines for Python 3, based on Bohren and Huffman's Mie Theory derivations
https://github.com/bsumlin/PyMieScatt

aerosol atmospheric-scattering atmospheric-science electromagnetics light-scattering mie optics physics python-3 python3 science

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A collection of forward and inverse Mie solving routines for Python 3, based on Bohren and Huffman's Mie Theory derivations

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/bsumlin/PyMieScatt
• Owner: bsumlin
• License: mit
• Created: 2017-07-20T21:26:22.000Z (over 7 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2024-07-05T14:04:58.000Z (4 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-09-12T23:18:36.234Z (2 months ago)
• Topics: aerosol, atmospheric-scattering, atmospheric-science, electromagnetics, light-scattering, mie, optics, physics, python-3, python3, science
• Language: Python
• Homepage: http://pymiescatt.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
• Size: 4.35 MB
• Stars: 100
• Watchers: 9
• Forks: 38
• Open Issues: 13
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE.md

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README

        
# PyMieScatt

In addition to over twenty functions for Mie theory calculations, it contains an implementation of a highly visual method for solving the inverse Mie problem for the complex refractive index, given known or assumed size parameter and optical measurements.

## Dependencies

  * numpy

  * scipy

  * matplotlib

  * shapely

## Documentation

http://pymiescatt.readthedocs.io/en/latest

## Installation

	pip install PyMieScatt

Or clone from source and run

	python setup.py install

## Publications

  * [Sumlin B.J., Heinson W.R., and Chakrabarty R.K. (2018) Retrieving the Aerosol Complex Refractive Index using PyMieScatt: A Mie Computational Package with Visualization Capabilities. Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jqsrt.2017.10.012)

  

  * [Sumlin B.J., Pandey A., Walker M.J., Pattison R.S., Williams B.J., and Chakrabarty R.K. (2017) Atmospheric Photooxidation Diminishes Light Absorption by Primary Brown Carbon Aerosol from Biomass Burning, Environmental Science & Technology Letters](https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.estlett.7b00393)

  * [Sumlin B.J., Heinson, Y.W., Shetty N., Pandey A., Pattison, R.S., Baker S., Hao W.M, Chakrabarty R.K. (2018) UV–Vis–IR spectral complex refractive indices and optical properties of brown carbon aerosol from biomass burning, Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jqsrt.2017.12.009)