Polarized light scattering by aerosols in the marine atmospheric boundary layer

Applied Optics

Volumn 36, Issue 21, 1997, Pages 5168-5184

  Quinby Hunt, Mary S ^a   Erskine, Lael L ^b   Hunt, Arlon J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerosols; Light scattering; Marine atmospheric boundary layer; Polarization

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC OPTICS; BOUNDARY LAYER; LIGHT SCATTERING; MARINE ATMOSPHERE;

EID: 0031411889     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.36.005168     Document Type: Article

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