How are glories formed?

Applied Optics

Volumn 44, Issue 27, 2005, Pages 5675-5683

  Laven, Philip ^a  

^a NONE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTERING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DROP FORMATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REFLECTION; SURFACE WAVES; WAVEFRONTS;

ATMOSPHERIC GLORIES; DROPLETS; INTERNAL REFLECTION; MIE THEORY;

ATMOSPHERIC SPECTRA;

EID: 27144474866     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.44.005675     Document Type: Conference Paper

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