Optical attenuation in fog and clouds

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4530, Issue , 2001, Pages 58-71

  Pierce, R M ^a   Ramaprasad, Jaya ^a   Eisenberg, Eric ^a  

^a Terabeam Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

Fog; Free space communications; Kruse formula; Mie scattering; Optical attenuation; Visibility

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; CLOUDS; DUST; FOG; INFRARED RADIATION; LIGHT SCATTERING; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; LIGHTING; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

OPTICAL WAVELENGTHS;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ATTENUATION;

EID: 0035766541     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/12.449815     Document Type: Article

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