Research on sky polarized light distribution

Binggong Xuebao/Acta Armamentarii

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 459-463

  Guan, Gui Xia ^a,b,c   Yan, Lei ^b   Chen, Jia Bin ^c   Wu, Tai Xia ^d   Wu, Bo ^b,e  

^a CAPITAL NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c BEIJING INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^d INSTITUTE OF REMOTE SENSING APPLICATIONS   (China)

^e CHINA UNIVERSITY OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Band; Control and navigation technology of aerocraft; Model; Polarized light

Indexed keywords

BAND; BASIC THEORY; CONTROL AND NAVIGATION TECHNOLOGY OF AEROCRAFT; DETECTION WAVELENGTHS; FULL BAND; NERVOUS SYSTEM; POLARIZATION DISTRIBUTIONS; POLARIZATION PATTERNS; POLARIZED LIGHT; WEATHER CONDITIONS;

ANIMALS; METEOROLOGY; NAVIGATION; POLARIZATION; REMOTE SENSING;

LIGHT POLARIZATION;

EID: 79955920419     PISSN: 10001093     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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