Radiative-transfer modeling for measured scattering properties of a planetary-regolith analog sample

Multiple scattering by a planetary-regolith analog surface consisting of closely equisized silica spheres was studied with recently developed Radiative Transfer with Reciprocal Transactions (R 2 T 2) and Radiative Transfer Coherent Backscattering with Incoherent interactions (RT-CB-ic). The computed results match the experimental results relatively well, considering that the computer modeling is in early stages.