Color perception through atmospheric haze

Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 831-835

  Henry, Ronald C ^a   Mahadev, Shudeish ^a   Urquijo, Santiago ^a   Chitwood, Derek ^a  

^a University of Southern California   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERICS; LIGHT SCATTERING; SMOKE; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

ATMOSPHERIC HAZE;

COLOR MATCHING;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COLOR VISION; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION SCATTERING;

ATMOSPHERE; COLOR PERCEPTION; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SCATTERING, RADIATION;

EID: 0034181530     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.17.000831     Document Type: Article

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