First observation of the fourth neutral polarization point in the atmosphere

Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 2085-2099

  Horváth, Gábor ^a,c   Bernáth, Balázs ^a   Suhai, Bence ^a   Barta, András ^a   Wehner, Rüdiger ^b  

^a EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; POLARIMETERS; SCANNING; TURBIDITY;

WAVELENGTHS;

LIGHT POLARIZATION;

EID: 18544393231     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.19.002085     Document Type: Article

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29. D. K. Lynch (David.K.Lynch@aero.org) wrote to G. Horvath on 26 November 2001: "The 4th neutral point has been a favorite topic of mine for some years, yet 1 have never published the results. I have observed it twice, once in 1983 and again in 1994 from aircraft, but I have not published the results because my calibrations were not too good. The existence, however, is certain."