Visibility measurements using two-angle forward scattering by liquid droplets

Applied Optics

Volumn 55, Issue 15, 2016, Pages 3903-3908

  Peng, Peng ^a   Li, Chengwei ^a  

^a HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VISIBILITY;

ASYMMETRY PARAMETER; ATMOSPHERIC PARTICLES; INSTRUMENT DESIGNS; LIQUID DROPLETS; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; SCATTERING PHASE FUNCTION; VISIBILITY MEASUREMENTS; WEATHER PHENOMENA;

FORWARD SCATTERING;

EID: 84971247472     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.55.003903     Document Type: Article

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