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Optical depth

In physics, optical depth or optical thickness is the natural logarithm of the ratio of incident to transmitted radiant power through a material. Thus, the larger the optical depth, the smaller the amount of transmitted radiant power through the material. Spectral optical depth or spectral optical thickness is the natural logarithm of the ratio of…

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Optical depth

Nodes42
Edges41
Triples26
Avg. degree1.95
Density0.047619
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Optical depth

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related to Atmospheric sciences · 7
Optical depth → Earth's, He, In, Rayleigh, Sun, The, Therefore
related to Astronomy · 5
Optical depth → At, In, Note, Sun, This
related to Attenuation · 4
Optical depth → ATT, Attenuation, Optical, Phi
related to Atomic physics · 3
Optical depth → In, It, Planck
related to Attenuation coefficient · 2
Optical depth → Napierian, Optical
related to Optical depth · 2
Optical depth → Phi, The
related to Spectral optical depth · 2
Optical depth → Phi, The
related to External links · 1
Optical depth → Optical

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optical depth material transmitted radiant power logarithm attenuation tau displaystyle given ratio spectral path thickness incident absorbance mathrm atmosphere related

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Optical depthrelated to AstronomyIn0.60section
Optical depthrelated to AstronomyThis0.60section
Optical depthrelated to AstronomyAt0.60section
Optical depthrelated to AstronomySun0.60section
Optical depthrelated to AstronomyNote0.60section
Optical depthrelated to Atmospheric sciencesIn0.60section
Optical depthrelated to Atmospheric sciencesEarth's0.60section
Optical depthrelated to Atmospheric sciencesThe0.60section
Optical depthrelated to Atmospheric sciencesTherefore0.60section
Optical depthrelated to Atmospheric sciencesRayleigh0.60section
Optical depthrelated to Atmospheric sciencesSun0.60section
Optical depthrelated to Atmospheric sciencesHe0.60section

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