All-sky imaging: A simple, versatile system for atmospheric research

Applied Optics

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1091-1097

  Kreuter, Axel ^a   Zangerl, Matthias ^a   Schwarzmann, Michael ^a   Blumthaler, Mario ^a  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOPHYSICS; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS;

ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS; ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH; CLOUD OBSERVATIONS; POLARIZED RADIANCES; ROTATING POLARIZER; SPECTRO-RADIOMETERS; TOTAL CLOUD COVER; VERSATILE SYSTEM;

POLARIZATION;

EID: 61449259000     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.48.001091     Document Type: Article

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