Reflectance of pigmented polymer coatings: Comparisons between measurements and radiative transfer calculations

Applied Optics

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 85-94

  Vargas, William E ^a   Niklasson, Gunnar A ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFRARED RADIATION; LIGHT SCATTERING; PLASTIC COATINGS; POLYMERS;

POLYMER COATINGS;

LIGHT REFLECTION;

EID: 0012779851     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.40.000085     Document Type: Article

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