In physics, optical depth or optical thickness is the natural logarithm of the ratio of incident to transmitted radiant power through a material. Thus...
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Optical depth in astrophysics refers to a specific level of transparency. Optical depth and actual depth, τ {\displaystyle \tau } and z {\displaystyle...
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1–2 km—and has the equivalent optical depth 0.1–0.2 km at the wavelength 2.2 μm. The normal optical depth is 0.1–0.2. The optical depth of the λ ring shows strong...
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modulated by the optical depth to the viewer (i.e. 1/e times the emission at 1 optical depth, 1/e2 times the emission at 2 optical depths, etc.). Near...
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Transmittance (section Optical Depth)
is related to optical depth and to absorbance as T = e − τ = 10 − A , {\displaystyle T=e^{-\tau }=10^{-A},} where τ is the optical depth; A is the absorbance...
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Glossary of astronomy (redirect from Rosseland optical depth)
Rosseland optical depth An extinction coefficient of an atmosphere, which describes the net opacity to radiation at a given depth. See optical depth. rotation...
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around 15 μm. The power law mentioned above allows estimation of the optical depth τ {\displaystyle \scriptstyle \tau } of the main ring: τ l = 4.7 × 10...
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In optics, optical path length (OPL, denoted Λ in equations), also known as optical length or optical distance, is the length that light needs to travel...
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Penetration depth is a measure of how deep light or any electromagnetic radiation can penetrate into a material. It is defined as the depth at which the...
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Optical Depth The optical depth feedback is determined by the increasing optical depth of the high clouds with rising temperatures. The optical depth...
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optical depth is proportional to the number of absorbers and scatterers along that length, typically increasing with decreasing altitude. The optical...
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Absorbance (redirect from Optical density)
related to optical depth by A = τ ln 10 = τ log 10 e , {\displaystyle A={\frac {\tau }{\ln 10}}=\tau \log _{10}e\,,} where τ is the optical depth. Spectral...
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temperatures evaporating water into the atmosphere, increasing its optical depth. This positive feedback loop means the planet cannot cool down through...
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proportion of dust in the rings (between 20% and 70%) is high, while their optical depth is low to moderate, at less than 0.1. Uniquely, the Adams ring includes...
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MOLA Digital Elevation Map (DEM) were used to calculate atmospheric optical depth (AOD) over northern and southern walls of Valles Marineris. On northern...
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optically thin. Starlight traveling through a kiloparsec column undergoes about a magnitude of extinction, so that the optical depth ~ 1. An optical depth...
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in a line toward the observer. Another name for this phenomenon is depth from optical expansion. The dynamic stimulus change enables the observer not only...
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In visual perception, an optical illusion (also called a visual illusion) is an illusion caused by the visual system and characterized by a visual percept...
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Earlier Voyager observations of density waves in the A and B rings and an optical depth profile had yielded a mass of about 0.75 Mimas masses, with later observations...
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a value known as the optical depth due to microlensing. (This is not to be confused with the more common meaning of optical depth, although it shares some...
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droplets with a smaller size. The increase in number density increases the optical depth of the cloud, which results in an increase in the cloud albedo making...
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constraints on the Hubble constant from the Hubble Space Telescope. [a] ^ Optical depth to reionization improved due to polarization measurements. [b] ^ <0...
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measurements. These include measuring the ozone layer, haze (aerosol optical depth), and the total column water vapor. The project began in May 1988, when...
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different paths through the atmosphere and so determine the difference in optical depth between the two columns (Alternative a solar atlas can be employed,...
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the plasma becomes opaque, equivalent to an optical depth of approximately 2⁄3, or equivalently, a depth from which 50% of light will escape without being...
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it ranges from 56% to 73% depending on the minimum optical depth considered (lower when optical depth is large, and higher when it is low, such that subvisible...
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Absorption (electromagnetic radiation) (redirect from Optical absorption)
measures, including absorbance (also called "optical density") and optical depth (also called "optical thickness") All these quantities measure, at least...
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(12 July 2022). "Volcanic stratospheric sulfur injections and aerosol optical depth during the Holocene (past 11500 years) from a bipolar ice-core array"...
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of 35,000 K at optical depth 150, near the sonic point or very approximately what might be called a physical surface. At optical depth 0.67 the radius...
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related to Optical illusion. Optical Illusion Examples by Great Optical Illusions Optical Illusions & Visual Phenomena by Michael Bach Optical Illusions...
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