Celestial polarization patterns during twilight

Applied Optics

Volumn 45, Issue 22, 2006, Pages 5582-5589

  Cronin, Thomas W ^a   Warrant, Eric J ^b   Greiner, Birgit ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTRONOMY; ATMOSPHERIC OPTICS; LIGHT SCATTERING; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; SOLAR ENERGY;

ASTRONOMICAL TWILIGHT; CELESTIAL POLARIZATION; SUNLIGHT;

LIGHT POLARIZATION;

EID: 33749832285     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.45.005582     Document Type: Article

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