Atmospheric ray path modeling for radiative transfer algorithms

Applied Optics

Volumn 38, Issue 15, 1999, Pages 3129-3133

  Hase, Frank ^a   Höpfner, Michael ^a  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

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EID: 0000387547     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.38.003129     Document Type: Article

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