Sunset science. III. Visual adaptation and green flashes

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

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 2129-2139

  Young, Andrew T ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLOR MATCHING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIGHT; PIGMENTS;

VISUAL SYSTEM;

PHOTOGRAPHY;

ADAPTATION; COLOR; HUMAN; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SUNLIGHT; VISION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; COLOR; HUMANS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SUNLIGHT; VISION;

EID: 0034576058     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.17.002129     Document Type: Article

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