Absorption of sunlight by atmospheric sodium

A photometer has been built which is sensitive only to light in a very narrow spectral region near the sodium D-line8. The light is scattered by sodium vapour at low density and the scattered light recorded by a photoelectric spectrometer. The latter resolves the two lines and allows the effect of s...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Scrimger, Joseph Arnold
Other Authors: Currie, B. W.
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: University of Saskatchewan 2011
Online Access:http://library.usask.ca/theses/available/etd-10312011-130541/