RESEARCH ON ATMOSPHERIC OPTICAL RADIATION TRANSMISSION.

Abstract

Contents: Elliptical polarization of the skylight and the atmospheric aerosol; Measurement of light absorption by aerosol particles with an integrating sphere; The extinction coefficient of a particle population as a function of the relative humidity; Preliminary results of computations of the aerosol scattering functions obtained from populations following power law particle size distributions; The jet impactor, a device for measuring relative values of the number and size of atmospheric aerosol particles; Computation of multiple scattering in the turbid atmosphere; The triple scattering and the influence of the angular dependent reflected radiation in the turbid atmosphere; Evaluation of the aerosol particle size distribution from measurements of the volume scattering function; and Measurements of polarization during twilight at Davos.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1969
Accession Number
AD0690114

Entities

People

  • G. Eschelbach
  • G. Haenel
  • K. Bullrich
  • K. Fischer
  • R. Eiden

Organizations

  • Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Absorption
  • Atmospheres
  • Coefficients
  • Computations
  • Elliptical Polarization
  • Extinction
  • Humidity
  • Measurement
  • Particle Size
  • Particles
  • Polarization
  • Radiation
  • Scattering
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Twilight

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science
  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerosol Science/Aerosol Physics
  • Spectroscopy.