Simple approximate formula for the reflection function of a homogeneous, semi-infinite turbid medium

Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 957-960

  Kokhanovsky, Alexander A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b B I STEPANOV INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Belarus)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS; LIGHT SCATTERING; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITES;

TURBID MEDIUM;

LIGHT REFLECTION;

EID: 0009156040     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.19.000957     Document Type: Article

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