Approximations to extinction from randomly oriented circular and elliptical cylinders

Applied Optics

Volumn 35, Issue 21, 1996, Pages 4271-4282

  Fournier, G R ^a   Evans, B T N ^a  

^a DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CANADA VALCARTIER   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aerosols; Cylinders; Extinction; Scattering

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041610495     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.35.004271     Document Type: Article

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