Unique temperature profiles for the atmosphere below an observer from sunset images

Applied Optics

Volumn 36, Issue 27, 1997, Pages 6957-6961

  Bruton, William D ^a   Kattawar, George W ^b  

^a STEPHEN F AUSTIN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Inversion algorithms; Ocean optics; Refraction; Temperature profiles

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE; MARINE BOUNDARY LAYER; OPTICS; SUNSET; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0031580568     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.36.006957     Document Type: Article

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