Modelling of the twilight sky brightness using a numerical solution of the radiation transfer equation

Journal of Atmospheric and Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 58, Issue 16, 1996, Pages 1843-1848

  Belikov, Yu E ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF APPLIED GEOPHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TURBIDITY; LIGHT SCATTERING; RADIATION TRANSFER EQUATION; SCATTERING; SKY BRIGHTNESS; SOLAR ZENITH ANGLE; TWILIGHT;

EID: 0030429977     PISSN: 00219169     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0021-9169(95)00175-1     Document Type: Article

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