A Monte Carlo approach for the calculation of polarized light: Application to an incident narrow beam

Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 467-483

  Ishimoto, H ^a   Masuda, K ^a  

^a METEOROLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Polarization; Radiative transfer

Indexed keywords

LIGHT SCATTERING; MATRIX ALGEBRA; MONTE CARLO METHODS; OPTICAL RADAR; VECTORS;

BACKWARD MONTE CARLO (BMC) METHODS;

LIGHT POLARIZATION;

POLARIZATION; RADIATIVE TRANSFER;

EID: 0037082728     PISSN: 00224073     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-4073(01)00136-4     Document Type: Article

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