Complex refractive index of ammonium nitrate in the 2–20-μm spectral range

Applied Optics

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 922-930

  Jarzembski, Maurice A ^a,b   Norman, Mark L ^e,f   Fuller, Kirk A ^a,c   Srivastava, Vandana ^a,c,d   Cutten, Dean R ^a,c  

^a Global Hydrology and Climate Center   (United States)

^b NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^f SensIR Technologies   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; BACKSCATTERING; CALCIUM COMPOUNDS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

BACKSCATTERED SPECTRA;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 0037455669     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.42.000922     Document Type: Article

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