Comparison of full-sky polarization and radiance observations to radiative transfer simulations which employ AERONET products

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 19, 2011, Pages 18602-18613

  Pust, Nathan J ^a   Dahlberg, Andrew R ^a   Thomas, Michael J ^a   Shaw, Joseph A ^a  

^a Montana State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; POLARIMETERS; RADIATION; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SYSTEMS ENGINEERING;

AERONET; AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTHS; CLOUD CONTAMINATION; DEGREE OF POLARIZATION; GROUND BASED; INVERSION ALGORITHM; MODEL RESULTS; MONTANA , USA; NEAR INFRARED; OBSERVED DATA; POTENTIAL SOURCES; RADIATIVE TRANSFER MODEL; RADIATIVE TRANSFER SIMULATIONS; SURFACE REFLECTANCE;

POLARIZATION;

EID: 80052744152     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.018602     Document Type: Article

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