Laboratory experiments in atmospheric optics

Optics Express

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 75-86

  Vollmer, Michael ^a   Tammer, Robert ^a  

^a BRANDENBURG UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DROP BREAKUP; GRADIENT INDEX OPTICS; ICE; LIGHT REFRACTION; LIGHT SCATTERING; LIGHTING; OPTICAL TELESCOPES; VIDEO CAMERAS;

HALOS; MIRAGES; RAINBOWS; WATER DROPLETS;

ATMOSPHERIC OPTICS;

EID: 0007605678     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.5.000075     Document Type: Article

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