Optical properties of pigmented coatings taking into account particle interactions

Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 187-195

  Vargas, William E ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

Four flux radiative transfer model; Multiple scattering; T matrix

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SCATTERING; MATRIX ALGEBRA; PIGMENTS; PROBLEM SOLVING;

T-MATRIX APPROACH;

COATINGS;

OPTICAL PROPERTY;

EID: 0037402591     PISSN: 00224073     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-4073(02)00192-9     Document Type: Article

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