Atmospheric transmittance of an absorbing gas. 5. Improvements to the optran approach

Applied Optics

Volumn 34, Issue 36, 1995, Pages 8396-8399

  McMillin, L M ^a   Crone, L J ^a,b   Kleespies, T J ^a  

^a OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS   (United States)

^b AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Absorber amount; Atmospheric radiance; Brightness temperature; OPTRAN; Radiative transfer; Transmittance

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; ATMOSPHERIC RADIANCE; BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; OPTRAN; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; TRANSMITTANCE;

EID: 0029431626     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.34.008396     Document Type: Article

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