UV and optical light transmission properties in deep ice at the South Pole

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1355-1358

  Askebjer, P ^a   Barwick, S W ^b   Bergstrom L ^a   Bouchta, A ^a   Carius, S ^c   Dalberg, E ^a   Erlandsson, B ^a   Goobar, A ^a   Gray, L ^d   Hallgren, A ^c   Halzen, F ^d   Heukenkamp, H ^e   Hulth, P O ^a   Hundertmark, S ^e   Jacobsen, J ^d   Kandhadai, V ^d   Karle, A ^e   Liubarsky, I ^d   Lowder, D ^f   Miller, T ^f,g   Mock, P ^b   Morse, R ^d   Porrata, R ^b   Price, P B ^f   Richards, A ^f   Rubinstein, H ^c   Schneider, E ^b   Spiering, Ch ^e   Streicher, O ^e   Sun, Q ^a   Thon, Th ^e   Tilav, S ^d   Wischnewski, R ^e   Walck, C ^a   Yodh, G ^b   more..

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^e DESY   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT SCATTERING; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; POLES;

ANTARCTIC MUON AND NEUTRINO DETECTOR ARRAY (AMANDA); WAVELENGTH DEPENDENCE;

SEA ICE; ICE;

ABSORPTION AND SCATTERING OF LIGHT; ABSORPTION LENGTH; INVERSE SCATTERING; LASER CALIBRATION; NEUTRINO DETECTORS; SCATTERING LENGTH; TRANSMISSION PROPERTY; WAVELENGTH DEPENDENCE;

EID: 0031164264     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97GL01246     Document Type: Article

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