Ångström coefficient

Ångström coefficient

[′ȯŋ·strəm ‚kō·ə′fish·ənt]

(physics)

The multiplying amplitude parameter inserted in Ångström's formula for the scattering of electromagnetic radiation by atmospheric dust.

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