Acta Photonica Sinica, Volume. 44, Issue 7, 701002(2015)

Skylight Polarization Pattern-based Approach to the Location of the Sun and Solar Meridian

REN Jian-bin1,2、*, LIU Jun1,2, TANG Jun1,2, WANG Chen-guang1,2, WANG Fei1,2, and ZHANG Nan1,2
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    REN Jian-bin, LIU Jun, TANG Jun, WANG Chen-guang, WANG Fei, ZHANG Nan. Skylight Polarization Pattern-based Approach to the Location of the Sun and Solar Meridian[J]. Acta Photonica Sinica, 2015, 44(7): 701002

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    Paper Information

    Received: Jan. 14, 2015

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Aug. 25, 2015

    The Author Email: Jian-bin REN (renjianbin@nuc.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/gzxb20154407.0701002

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