Experimental and theoretical studies of the aureole about a point source that is due to atmospheric scattering in the middle ultraviolet

Applied Optics

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1250-1262

  Lavigne, Claire ^a   Roblin, Antoine ^a   Chervet, Patrick ^a   Chazette, Patrick ^b  

^a ONERA   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; METEOROLOGY; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PHOTONS; SENSORS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ATMOSPHERIC SCATTERING; DARK CURRENT; SOLAR-BLIND BAND; SPECTRAL DOMAINS;

LIGHT SCATTERING;

EID: 14844309312     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.44.001250     Document Type: Article

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