Light scattering on hexagonal ice columns

Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 2512-2517

  Rother, Tom ^a   Schmidt, Karsten ^a   Havemann, Stefan ^b  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^b MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; ICE; RAY TRACING; REMOTE SENSING;

FINITE DIELECTRIC CYLINDERS;

LIGHT SCATTERING;

EID: 0038721666     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.18.002512     Document Type: Article

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