Reflection of light from nonasbsorbing semi-infinite cloudy media: A simple approximation

Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 25-33

  Kokhanovsky, A A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b B I STEPANOV INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Belarus)

Author keywords

Light reflection; Radiative transfer theory; Semi infinite media

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; APPROXIMATION THEORY; CLOUDS; ERROR ANALYSIS; SCATTERING;

RADIATIVE TRANSFER EQUATIONS;

LIGHT REFLECTION;

CLOUD RADIATIVE FORCING; LIGHT SCATTERING; REFLECTANCE;

EID: 0442327934     PISSN: 00224073     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-4073(03)00192-4     Document Type: Article

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