Low-altitude infrared propagation in a coastal zone: Refraction and scattering

Applied Optics

Volumn 41, Issue 18, 2002, Pages 3706-3724

  Doss Hammel, Stephen M ^a   Zeisse, Carl R ^a   Barrios, Amalia E ^a   Leeuw, Gerrit De ^b   Moerman, Marcel ^b   Jong, Arie N De ^b   Frederickson, Paul A ^c   Davidson, Kenneth L ^c  

^a Naval Command   (United States)

^b TNO   (Netherlands)

^c NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; COASTAL ZONES; INFRARED RADIATION; LIGHT REFRACTION; LIGHT SCATTERING; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOLECULES; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); REFRACTIVE INDEX;

REFRACTIVE PROPAGATIONS;

LIGHT PROPAGATION;

EID: 0037141879     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.41.003706     Document Type: Article

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