An analysis of ground-based polarimetric sky radiance measurements

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3121, Issue , 1997, Pages 382-393

  Cairns, Brian ^a   Carlson, Barbara E ^a   Lacis, Andrew A ^a   Russell, Edgar E ^a  

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

Author keywords

Aerosols; Inverse problems; Polarization

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CLOUDS; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; INVERSE PROBLEMS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

SKY RADIANCES;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

EID: 0031289359     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.278984     Document Type: Conference Paper

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