Effects of Rayleigh-scattering polarization on reflected intensity: A fast and accurate approximation method for atmospheres with aerosols

Icarus

Volumn 173, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 284-294

  Sromovsky, Larry A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Data reduction techniques; Neptune; Neptune atmosphere; Polarimetry; Spectrophotometry; Uranus

Indexed keywords

EID: 12144276904     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2004.07.016     Document Type: Article

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