Physically-based simulation of twilight phenomena

ACM Transactions on Graphics

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1353-1373

  Haber, Jörg ^a   Magnor, Marcus ^a   Seidel, Hans Peter ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR INFORMATICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

3D radiative transfer equation; Multiple scattering; Physics based sky model; Refraction; Twilight phenomena

Indexed keywords

3D RADIATIVE TRANSFER EQUATION; MULTIPLE SCATTERING; PHYSICS-BASED SKY MODEL; TWILIGHT PHENOMENA;

AEROSOLS; OPTIMIZATION; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; REFRACTION;

LIGHT SCATTERING;

EID: 33645763938     PISSN: 07300301     EISSN: 07300301     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1095878.1095884     Document Type: Article

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