Corona-producing ice clouds: A case study of a cold mid-latitude cirrus layer

Applied Optics

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1477-1485

  Sassen, Kenneth ^a   Mace, Gerald G ^a   Hallett, John ^b   Poellot, Michael R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; CORONA; ICE CRYSTAL; OPTICAL PROPERTY; POLARIZATION;

EID: 0032549849     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.37.001477     Document Type: Article

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