Multiple scattering lowtran and fascode models

Applied Optics

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 1987, Pages 1272-1281

  Isaacs, R G ^a   Wang, W C ^a   Worsham, R D ^a   Goldenberg, S ^a  

^a ATMOSPHERIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH   (United States)

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EID: 84975648126     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.26.001272     Document Type: Article

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