<s>
Single-scattering	B-Algorithm
albedo	I-Algorithm
is	O
the	O
ratio	O
of	O
scattering	O
efficiency	O
to	O
total	O
extinction	O
efficiency	O
(	O
which	O
is	O
also	O
termed	O
"	O
attenuance	O
"	O
,	O
a	O
sum	O
of	O
scattering	O
and	O
absorption	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Single-scattering	B-Algorithm
albedo	I-Algorithm
is	O
unitless	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
value	O
of	O
unity	O
implies	O
that	O
all	O
particle	O
extinction	O
is	O
due	O
to	O
scattering	O
;	O
conversely	O
,	O
a	O
single-scattering	B-Algorithm
albedo	I-Algorithm
of	O
zero	O
implies	O
that	O
all	O
extinction	O
is	O
due	O
to	O
absorption	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
spherical	O
particles	O
one	O
can	O
calculate	O
single-scattering	B-Algorithm
albedo	I-Algorithm
from	O
Mie	O
theory	O
and	O
knowledge	O
of	O
bulk	O
properties	O
of	O
material	O
such	O
as	O
refractive	O
index	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
non-spherical	O
particles	O
one	O
could	O
use	O
discrete	B-Algorithm
dipole	I-Algorithm
approximation	I-Algorithm
or	O
other	O
methods	O
of	O
computational	O
electromagnetics	O
.	O
</s>
