Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, Volume. 61, Issue 5, 0501002(2024)

Skylight Polarization Patterns Modelling Method Under Influence of Dawn and Twilight

Kun Wei1, Zhiguo Fan1、*, Haihong Jin1,2, Ceding Gui1, and Wanjuan Dong1
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  • 1School of Computer Science and Information Engineering, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei 230601, Anhui , China
  • 2School of Electronic and Information Engineering, Anhui Jianzhu University, Hefei 230601, Anhui , China
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    Existing theoretical models of skylight polarization patterns have problems that only consider the influence of the sun or the moon alone and could not adequately describe the polarization patterns of the sky during the transition between dawn and dusk in clear weather. Therefore, a modelling method of skylight polarization patterns under the influence of dawn and twilight is proposed. The method introduces the influence of the sun and the moon and calculates the Stokes vectors using the position of the sun and the moon. Considering the factors of multiple scattering of atmospheric particles in the actual sky, the influence weights of the sun and the moon are determined by Stokes vector optimization. In addition, the obtained angle of polarization is used to characterize the skylight polarization patterns. The experimental results show that the simulation results of the proposed model and the measured angle of polarization have the same distribution and variation characteristics, and maintain a high degree of similarity, which can effectively characterize the skylight polarization patterns influenced by dawn and twilight.

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    Kun Wei, Zhiguo Fan, Haihong Jin, Ceding Gui, Wanjuan Dong. Skylight Polarization Patterns Modelling Method Under Influence of Dawn and Twilight[J]. Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, 2024, 61(5): 0501002

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    Paper Information

    Category: Atmospheric Optics and Oceanic Optics

    Received: Mar. 1, 2023

    Accepted: Apr. 26, 2023

    Published Online: Feb. 27, 2024

    The Author Email: Fan Zhiguo (fzg@hfut.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/LOP230748

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