Monte Carlo Simulation of Laser Beam Scattering by Water Droplets

Monte Carlo simulation of laser beam scattering in discrete water droplets is present and the temporal profile of LIDAR signal scattered from random distributed water droplets such as raindrop and fog is acquired. A photon source model is developed in the simulation for laser beam of arbitrary intensity distribution. Mie theory and geometrical optics approximation is used to calculate optical parameters, such as scattering coefficient, Aledo and average asymmetry factor, for water droplets of variable size with gamma distribution. The scattering angle is calculated using the probability distribution given by Henyey-Greenstein phase function. The model solving semi-infinite homogeneous media problem is capable of handling a variety of geometries and arbitrary spatio-temporal pulse profiles.