$a_n$	Mie scattering coefficient
$b_n$	Mie scattering coefficient
D	diameter of dispersed medium, $\mathsf{\mu }$m
$f_v$	particle volume fraction
g	asymmetry factor
$h_{\mathrm{c}}$	comprehensive non-radiative heat transfer coefficient
$I_{\mathrm{AM}1.5}$	AM1.5 spectral solar irradiance
$I_{\mathrm{bb}}(T,\lambda )$	spectral intensity emitted by blackbody
$k_{\mathrm{eff}}$	effective thermal conductivity, W/m·K
m	complex refractive index, $m=n-ik$
$m_n$	normalized complex refractive index
$P_{\mathrm{atm}}$	ambient radiation power, W/m${}^2$
$P_{\mathrm{net}}$	daytime net cooling power, W/m${}^2$
$P_{\mathrm{non}-\mathrm{radiative}}$	thermal loss power, W/m${}^2$
$P_{\mathrm{rad}}$	the radiation power, W/m${}^2$
$P_{\mathrm{solar}}$	absorbed solar radiation energy, W/m${}^2$
$Q_{\mathrm{ext}}$	extinction efficiency factor
$Q_{\mathrm{sca}}$	scattering efficiency factor
$R\left(\lambda \right)$	spectral reflectance of film
${\overline{R}}_{\mathrm{solar}}$	solar weighted reflectance
T	temperature, K
t	thickness of films, $\mathsf{\mu }$m
Greek symbols
$\epsilon (T,\lambda )$	spectral emittance of film
${\beta }_{\mathrm{m}}$	extinction coefficient
${\overline{\epsilon }}_{\mathrm{LWIR}}$	weighted emissivity
${\kappa }_{\lambda }$	total absorption coefficient
${\kappa }_{\mathrm{m}}$	absorption coefficient
$\lambda$	wavelength of radiation, $\mathsf{\mu }$m
${\sigma }_{\mathrm{s},\mathrm{m}}$	scattering coefficient
${\sigma }_{\lambda }$	total scattering coefficient
Superscripts and subscripts
amb	ambient
h	host medium
m	dispersed medium