Comparison of electromagnetic theory and various approximations for computing the absorption efficiency and single-scattering albedo of hexagonal columns

Applied Optics

Volumn 39, Issue 30, 2000, Pages 5560-5568

  Baran, Anthony J ^a   Havemann, Stephan ^b  

^a DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE DIFFRACTION; LIGHT SCATTERING; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; REMOTE SENSING;

ELECTROMAGNETIC THEORY;

LIGHT ABSORPTION;

EID: 0001383409     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.39.005560     Document Type: Article

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