PROPAGATION AND SCATTERING MODEL THROUGH CLEAR AIR TURBULENCE

We currently are developping a general Monte-Carlo method to study the propagation of electromagnetic waves through anisotropic and inhomogeneous scattering media. For both practical and theoretical purposes, study of polarization of waves is a critical item of the method. The Monte-Carlo scheme we use is a reinterpretation of radiative transfer equation for Stockes vector in term of markovian jump processes. Construction of these processes can be achieved in taking into account polarization of the waves. Applications are possible for example to neutral turbulence in the atmosphere, or characterization of irregularities in the ionosphere