Optical properties of deep ice at the South Pole: Absorption

Applied Optics

Volumn 36, Issue 18, 1997, Pages 4168-4180

  Askebjer, Per ^a   Barwick, Steven W ^b   Bergström, Lars ^a   Bouchta, Adam ^a   Carius, Staffan ^c   Dalberg, Eva ^a   Engel, Kevin ^d   Erlandsson, Bengt ^a   Goobar, Ariel ^a   Gray, Lori ^d   Halzen, Francis ^d   Hallgren, Allan ^c   Heukenkamp, Hans ^e   Hulth, Per Olof ^a   Hundertmark, Stephan ^e   Jacobsen, John ^d   Karle, Albrecht ^e   Kandhadai, Vijaya ^d   Liubarsky, Igor ^d   Lowder, Doug ^f   Miller, Tim ^f,g   Mock, Pat ^b   Morse, Robert M ^d   Porrata, Rodin ^b   Price, P Buford ^f   Richards, Austin ^f   Rubinstein, Hector ^c   Spiering, Christian ^e   Streicher, Ole ^e   Sun, Qin ^a   Thon, Thorsten ^e   Tilav, Serap ^d   Wischnewski, Ralf ^e   Walck, Christian ^a   Yodh, Gaurang B ^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 Bristol Research Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; DEEP ICE; OPTICAL PROPERTIES;

ANTARCTICA, SOUTH POLE;

EID: 0031395804     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.36.004168     Document Type: Article

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