Applicability of regular particle shapes in light scattering calculations for atmospheric ice particles

Applied Optics

Volumn 35, Issue 21, 1996, Pages 4291-4296

  Macke, Andreas ^a,b   Mishchenko, Michael I ^a,c  

^a NASA GODDARD INSTITUTE FOR SPACE STUDIES   (United States)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0001257632     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.35.004291     Document Type: Article

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