Light-scattering model for aerosol particles with irregular shapes and inhomogeneous compositions using a parallelized pseudo-spectral time-domain technique

Hu Shuai^{1, 2}, Gao Taichang^{1, 2, †}, Li Hao¹, Liu Lei¹, Chen Ming¹, Yang Bo^{1, 2}

(color online) Comparison between the scattering phase matrices simulated by PSTD and Lorenz–Mie theory for a small spherical particle ( , ). ((a), (b)) Curves of F₁₁ and its relative simulation errors; ((c), (d)) curves of and its absolute simulation errors; ((e), (f)) curves of and its absolute simulation errors; ((g), (h)) curves of F₄₄/F₁₁ and its absolute simulation errors.