Effects of absorbing particles on coronas and glories

Applied Optics

Volumn 44, Issue 27, 2005, Pages 5658-5666

  Vollmer, Michael ^a  

^a BRANDENBURG UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; CLOUDS; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

CORE-SHELL PARTICLES; GLORY SCATTERING; RAY-PATH MODELS; WAVELENGTH REGIONS;

LIGHT SCATTERING;

EID: 27144432905     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.44.005658     Document Type: Conference Paper

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