Monte carlo approach for solving the radiative transfer equation over mountainous and heterogeneous areas

Applied Optics

Volumn 38, Issue 36, 1999, Pages 7419-7430

  Miesch, Christophe ^a   Briottet, Xavier ^a   Kerr, Yann H ^b   Cabot, François ^c  

^a ONERA   (France)

^b CESBIO   (France)

^c CNES   (France)

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EID: 0000750812     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.38.007419     Document Type: Article

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