Neutral points of skylight polarization observed during the total eclipse on 11 August 1999

Applied Optics

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 465-475

  Horváth, Gábor ^a   Pomozi, István ^a   Gál, József ^a  

^a EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIGHT SCATTERING; VECTORS;

SKYLIGHT POLARIZATION;

ATMOSPHERIC OPTICS;

EID: 0037455522     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.42.000465     Document Type: Article

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