Patterns and properties of polarized light in air and water

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 366, Issue 1565, 2011, Pages 619-626

  Cronin, Thomas W ^a   Marshall, Justin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Image enhancement; Natural scenes; Polarization vision; Polarized light

Indexed keywords

IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIGHT SCATTERING; POLARIZATION; UNDERWATER ENVIRONMENT; VISIBILITY; VISUAL ANALYSIS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 79952341343     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2010.0201     Document Type: Article

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