A grid of polarization models for Rayleigh scattering planetary atmospheres

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 504, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 259-276

  Buenzli, E ^a   Schmid, H M ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Planetary systems; Planets and satellites: General; Polarization; Scattering; Techniques: Polarimetric

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL PARTICLES; ATMOSPHERIC PROPERTIES; CLOUD ALBEDO; COLUMN DENSITY; EXOPLANET; EXTRA SOLAR PLANETS; EXTRASOLAR; FORWARD SCATTERING; FUTURE OBSERVATIONS; GIANT PLANETS; ISOTROPIC SCATTERING; MAIN PARAMETERS; MODEL CALCULATIONS; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; OPTICAL DEPTH; PHASE ANGLES; PLANETARY ATMOSPHERE; PLANETARY SYSTEMS; PLANETS AND SATELLITES: GENERAL; POLARIMETRIC MEASUREMENTS; POLARIZATION EFFECT; POLARIZATION MEASUREMENTS; POLARIZATION MODELS; QUANTITATIVE RESULT; REFLECTED LIGHT; SCATTERING LAYER; SCATTERING PROPERTY; SET CONSTRAINTS; SINGLE SCATTERING ALBEDO; SOLAR SYSTEM PLANETS; SPECTROPOLARIMETRY; TECHNIQUES: POLARIMETRIC; VERTICAL STRATIFICATION;

ASTRONOMY; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EARTH (PLANET); MONTE CARLO METHODS; PLANETS; POLARIMETERS; POLARIZATION; POLAROGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; RAYLEIGH SCATTERING; SATELLITES; SOLAR EQUIPMENT; SOLAR RADIATION;

SCATTERING;

EID: 70149119148     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: 14320746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/200911760     Document Type: Article

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