Accurate method for prediction of atmospheric transmission according to weather

Optical Engineering

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 2548-2555

  Dror, Itai ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Aerosols; Atmospheric optics; Atmospheric transmission; Light scattering; Modtran

Indexed keywords

EID: 0013225561     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.600863     Document Type: Article

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