Solar aureoles caused by dust, smoke, and haze

Applied Optics

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 492-496

  Mims, Forrest M ^a  

^a Geronimo Creek Observatory   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DUST; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIGHT SCATTERING; PHOTOMETERS; SMOKE;

SOLAR AUREOLES;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

EID: 0037455492     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.42.000492     Document Type: Article

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