Correctness of Polarized Radiation Scattering Matrices

Almost complete absence of the information on scattering matrices for real physical objects is the obstacle to the successful solving of the polarized radiative transfer problems. The known scattering matrices, which are measured experimentally or obtained numerically, are always determined with errors. Thus, the main problem of the transport polarized radiative transfer theory is the problem to develop a physical correctness criterion for scattering matrices, to check and correct the known scattering matrices. The solution to this problem proposed. The incorrectness of the experimental scattering matrices is established for the natural ocean water probes for the scattering angles near 0 or 180 degrees. The scattering matrices correction problem can be reduced to the minimization problem. The experimental scattering matrices correction for the scattering angles 10-25 degrees is fulfilled.