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Co- and counter-propagating wave effects in an absorbing medium. / Mishchenko, Michael I.; Yurkin, Maxim A.

In: Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer, Vol. 242, 106688, 01.02.2020.

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Mishchenko, MI & Yurkin, MA 2020, 'Co- and counter-propagating wave effects in an absorbing medium', Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer, vol. 242, 106688. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jqsrt.2019.106688

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Mishchenko, M. I., & Yurkin, M. A. (2020). Co- and counter-propagating wave effects in an absorbing medium. Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer, 242, [106688]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jqsrt.2019.106688

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Mishchenko MI, Yurkin MA. Co- and counter-propagating wave effects in an absorbing medium. Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer. 2020 Feb 1;242:106688. doi: 10.1016/j.jqsrt.2019.106688

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Mishchenko, Michael I. ; Yurkin, Maxim A. / Co- and counter-propagating wave effects in an absorbing medium. In: Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer. 2020 ; Vol. 242.

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