Experimental and theoretical study of skylight polarization transmitted through Snell's window of a flat water surface

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

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1978-1988

  Sabbah, Shai ^a,b   Barta, András ^c   Gál, József ^c   Horváth, Gábor ^c   Shashar, Nadav ^b,d  

^a Interuniversity Institute of Eilat   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^d The Interuniversity Institute for Marine Science Eilat   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC OPTICS; INFRARED RADIATION; LIGHT REFRACTION; POLARIMETERS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

CELESTIAL POLARIZATION PATTERN; SKYLIGHT POLARIZATION; SNELL WINDOW;

LIGHT POLARIZATION;

WATER;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVALUATION; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION SCATTERING; REFRACTOMETRY; SUNLIGHT; SURFACE PROPERTY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MODELS, CHEMICAL; REFRACTOMETRY; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SUNLIGHT; SURFACE PROPERTIES; WATER;

EID: 33748708417     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.23.001978     Document Type: Article

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