Probing and monitoring aerosol and atmospheric clouds with an electro-optic oscillator

Applied Optics

Volumn 35, Issue 27, 1996, Pages 5427-5434

  Arnon, S ^a   Kopeika, N S ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Aerosols; Clouds; Electro optic oscillator; Light scatter; Monitoring and probing; Monte Carlo simulation; Multiple scatter

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; AEROSOL MONITORING; ELECTRO-OPTIC OSCILLATOR;

EID: 0030326832     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.35.005427     Document Type: Article

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