Simultaneous determination of the aerosol complex index of refraction and size distribution from scattering measurements of polarized light

Applied Optics

Volumn 36, Issue 30, 1997, Pages 7992-8001

  Zhao, Fengsheng ^a   Gong, Zhiben ^a   Hu, Huanling ^a   Tanaka, Masayuki ^b   Hayasaka, Tadahiro ^b  

^a ANHUI INSTITUTE OF OPTICS AND FINE MECHANICS   (China)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; OPTICAL PROPERTY; REFRACTION; SCATTERING;

EID: 0344462152     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.36.007992     Document Type: Article

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