Comparison of iterative and Monte Carlo methods for calculation of the aureole about a point source in the Earth’s atmosphere

Applied Optics

Volumn 38, Issue 30, 1999, Pages 6237-6246

  Lavigne, Claire ^a   Roblin, Antoine ^a   Outters, Valérie ^a   Langlois, Stéphane ^a   Girasole, Thierry ^b   Rozé, Claude ^b  

^a ONERA   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

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EID: 0001108048     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.38.006237     Document Type: Article

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