Scattering of light by polydisperse, randomly oriented, finite circular cylinders

Applied Optics

Volumn 35, Issue 24, 1996, Pages 4927-4940

  Mishchenko, Michael I ^a   Travis, Larry D ^a   Macke, Andreas ^b  

^a NASA GODDARD INSTITUTE FOR SPACE STUDIES   (United States)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Aerosols; Depolarization; Light scattering; Nonspherical particles; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

LIGHT SCATTERING; NONSPHERICAL PARTICLE;

EID: 0030324674     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.35.004927     Document Type: Article

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