Comparison of skylight polarization measurements and MODTRAN-P calculations

Journal of Applied Remote Sensing

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Pust, Nathan J ^a   Shaw, Joseph A ^a  

^a Montana State University   (United States)

Author keywords

atmospheric optics; polarimetry; polarization

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC OPTICS; CODES (SYMBOLS); DEFORESTATION; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; OPTICAL RADAR; POLARIMETERS; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; REMOTE SENSING; SMOKE;

AEROSOL SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATIVE TRANSFER; MEASUREMENTS AND MODELING; OPTICAL REMOTE SENSING; QUANTITATIVE INFORMATION; RADIATIVE TRANSFER CODES; STANDARD AEROSOL MODELS; TEMPERATURE AND PRESSURES;

POLARIZATION;

DEFORESTATION; POLARIMETRY; POLARIZATION; RADAR; RADIATION; REMOTE SENSING; WINDOWS; AEROSOLS; ALGORITHMS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METEOROLOGY; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 80052781964     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19313195     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.3595686     Document Type: Article

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