The polarization of light scattered by small particles: A personal review

Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer

Volumn 113, Issue 18, 2012, Pages 2280-2291

  Hovenier, J W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Experiments; Light scattering; Mueller matrices; Particles; Polarization; Symmetry relations

Indexed keywords

CLOUD PARTICLES; MUELLER MATRIX; NONSPHERICAL PARTICLE; SCATTERING BY SMALL PARTICLE; SMALL PARTICLES; SYMMETRY PRINCIPLES; SYMMETRY RELATIONS;

ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; EXPERIMENTS; LIGHT SCATTERING;

POLARIZATION;

CLOUD; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; LIGHT SCATTERING; POLARIZATION;

EID: 84868206938     PISSN: 00224073     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jqsrt.2012.03.029     Document Type: Review

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