Polarized light for horizontal incidence and reflection by plane-parallel atmospheres

Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 83-90

  Hovenier, J W ^a   Stam, D M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b SRON NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SPACE RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Atmospheres; Light scattering; Planets; Polarization; Reflection

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC OPTICS; LIGHT SCATTERING; PLANETS; REFLECTION;

INCIDENCE; SCATTERING MATRIX ELEMENT; STOKES PARAMETERS;

LIGHT POLARIZATION;

AEROSOL; ALBEDO; DISCONTINUITY; LIGHT SCATTERING; POLARIZATION; REFLECTANCE;

EID: 34247500743     PISSN: 00224073     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jqsrt.2007.01.056     Document Type: Article

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