Refractive index of air: New equations for the visible and near infrared

Applied Optics

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1566-1573

  Ciddor, Philip E ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Atmospheric optics; Geodesy; Interferometry; Metrology; Refractive index

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC OPTICS; GEODESY; INTERFEROMETRY; NEAR INFRARED; REFRACTIVE INDEX; VISIBLE;

EID: 0030404182     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.35.001566     Document Type: Article

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