Influence of the environment reflectance on the ultraviolet zenith radiance for cloudless sky

Applied Optics

Volumn 39, Issue 24, 2000, Pages 4247-4255

  Lenoble, Jacqueline ^a  

^a Université des Sciences et Technologies de Lille   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHOTONS; SCATTERING; SNOW;

ENVIRONMENT REFLECTANCE;

ATMOSPHERIC OPTICS;

EID: 0006271138     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.39.004247     Document Type: Article

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