Effects of multiple scattering and atmospheric aerosol on the polarization of the twilight sky

Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer

Volumn 88, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 233-241

  Ugolnikov, Oleg S ^a   Postylyakov, Oleg V ^b,c   Maslov, Igor A ^a  

^a Space Research Institute ^*  (Russian Federation)

^b OBUKHOV INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

^c FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Atmospheric aerosol; Multiple scattering; Polarization; Radiative transfer

Indexed keywords

COLOR BANDS; MULTIPLE SCATTERING; SKY; WIDE-ANGLE POLARIZATION;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; DATA ACQUISITION; LIGHT POLARIZATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

LIGHT SCATTERING;

AEROSOL; LIGHT SCATTERING; POLARIZATION; RADIATIVE TRANSFER;

EID: 4444278401     PISSN: 00224073     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jqsrt.2003.12.033     Document Type: Article

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