Radiative transfer: Exact Rayleigh scattering series and a formula for daylight

Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 463, Issue 2086, 2007, Pages 2729-2751

  Hannay, J H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Daylight; Radiative transfer; Rayleigh scattering series

Indexed keywords

EID: 35548956454     PISSN: 13645021     EISSN: 14712946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspa.2007.0125     Document Type: Article

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