Publication Date:
2019-07-13
Description:
Reflection polarimetry is a remote-sensing tool sensitive to the refractive index and microtexture of solid surfaces. Mechanisms producing linear polarization within a rough, porous, or particulate surface are discussed, and laboratory techniques for precise measurements are described in some detail. Polarimetry of atmosphereless solar-system bodies provides valuable indications of albedo for objects too small and distant for direct diameter determinations, and reveals that even quite small asteroids and satellites have particulate surfaces
Keywords:
INSTRUMENTATION AND PHOTOGRAPHY
Type:
Optical polarimetry: Instrumentation and applications; Seminar; Aug 23, 1977 - Aug 24, 1977; San Diego, CA
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