Radiative transfer. II. Impact of meteorological variables and surface albedo on atmospheric optical properties retrieved from ground-based multispectral measurements

Applied Optics

Volumn 36, Issue 27, 1997, Pages 6983-6988

  Kambezidis, Harry D ^a   Djepa Petrova, Vera ^a   Adamopoulos, Ayastassios D ^b  

^a NATIONAL OBSERVATORY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b Faculty of Physics Sofia University St Kliment Ohridski   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBEDO; IRRADIANCE; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; OPTICAL THICKNESS; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; VISIBILITY;

EID: 0031580564     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.36.006983     Document Type: Article

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