Simulating glories and cloudbows in color

Applied Optics

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 429-435

  Gedzelman, Stanley D ^a  

^a CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTERING; CLOUDS; COLOR; RAYLEIGH SCATTERING;

MIE SCATTERING THEORY;

ATMOSPHERIC OPTICS;

EID: 0037455481     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.42.000429     Document Type: Article

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