Effect of aerosol microphysical properties on polarization of skylight: Sensitivity study and measurements

Applied Optics

Volumn 45, Issue 34, 2006, Pages 8790-8805

  Boesche, Eyk ^a,b   Stammes, Piet ^b   Ruhtz, Thomas ^a   Preusker, Réne ^a   Fischer, Juergen ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SCATTERING; FUNCTION EVALUATION; LIGHT POLARIZATION; OPTICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

BIMODAL SIZE DISTRIBUTION; HAZY-SKY CONDITIONS; LINEAR POLARIZATION; MICROPHYSICAL PROPERTIES; SUN'S PRINCIPAL PLANE;

AEROSOLS;

EID: 33846465421     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.45.008790     Document Type: Article

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