Short-wave optical properties of rain

Tellus, Series A: Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 177-181

  Savijärvi, Hannu ^a  

^a Department of Meteorology ^*  (Finland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CLOUD; MIE THEORY; OPTICAL DEPTH; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; RAIN;

EID: 0005393674     PISSN: 02806495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/tellusa.v49i2.14463     Document Type: Article

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