Abstract

The angle- and polarization-dependent light scattering were measured for oriented first-year and multiyear sea ice taken from the Chukchi Sea near Pt. Barrow, Alaska. The entire Mueller matrix for these samples was determined at 532 nm. Mueller matrices were also determined for artificially grown saline ice samples and melted samples of the respective ice types. Phase functions for thin-slab samples are qualitatively consistent with calculations for scattering from brine inclusions in a solid ice medium and depend strongly on the shape of the scattering sample. Small orientation-dependent effects are observed for scattering from oriented sea ice. A simple model is used to describe qualitatively some features of the measured sea ice Mueller matrices. This model combines the effects of scattering from spherical inhomogeneities and the intrinsic birefringence of pure water ice. A set of Mueller matrix inequalities is presented and used to obtain physical insight into the measurement results.

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