A semi-analytic model of fog effects on vision

Atmospheric Turbulence, Meteorological Modeling and Aerodynamics

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 633-666

  Dumont, Eric ^a   Hautière, Nicolas ^a   Gallen, Romain ^a,b  

^a Division Exploitation Signalisation Eclairage   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ GUSTAVE EIFFEL   (France)

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