https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.L03525
The redirection of a light beam due to interactions with molecules (Rayleigh and Raman @[email protected]) and aerosols (@[email protected]). Scattered light received at any point in the atmosphere (sometimes called sky radiation) is a very important component of the total radiation received from the sun; it is dependent on the solar zenith @A00[email protected], elevation @[email protected] concentration etc.
See also:
elastic scattering (in spectrochemistry)