1 August 1979, Volume 69, Issue 8, pp. 1051-1198  
28 articles

Polarization and scattering characteristics in the atmospheres of Earth, Venus, and Jupiter

J. Opt. Soc. Am. 69(8), 1051-1064 (1979)  View: HTML | PDF

Visual observations from space

J. Opt. Soc. Am. 69(8), 1064-1068 (1979)  View: HTML | PDF

Complex angular momentum theory of the rainbow and the glory

J. Opt. Soc. Am. 69(8), 1068-1079 (1979)  View: HTML | PDF

Iridescence in an aircraft contrail

J. Opt. Soc. Am. 69(8), 1080-1083 (1979)  View: HTML | PDF

Angular scattering and rainbow formation in pendant drops

J. Opt. Soc. Am. 69(8), 1083-1089 (1979)  View: HTML | PDF

Theory of the rainbow

J. Opt. Soc. Am. 69(8), 1089-1092 (1979)  View: HTML | PDF

Arcs associated with halos of unusual radii

J. Opt. Soc. Am. 69(8), 1093-1100 (1979)  View: HTML | PDF

Polarization models of halo phenomena. I. The parhelic circle

J. Opt. Soc. Am. 69(8), 1100-1103 (1979)  View: HTML | PDF

Arcs of Lowitz

J. Opt. Soc. Am. 69(8), 1103-1106 (1979)  View: HTML | PDF

Origins of anthelic arcs, the anthelic pillar, and the anthelion

J. Opt. Soc. Am. 69(8), 1107-1112 (1979)  View: HTML | PDF

What size of ice crystals causes the halos?

J. Opt. Soc. Am. 69(8), 1112-1118 (1979)  View: HTML | PDF

Geometry of halo formation

J. Opt. Soc. Am. 69(8), 1122-1132 (1979)  View: HTML | PDF

L-series satellite spectra in Ti xii and Fe xvi

J. Opt. Soc. Am. 69(8), 1133-1140 (1979)  View: HTML | PDF

Optical oscillator strengths for N ii

J. Opt. Soc. Am. 69(8), 1140-1143 (1979)  View: HTML | PDF

Scattering of guided optical beams by surface acoustic waves in thin films

J. Opt. Soc. Am. 69(8), 1153-1165 (1979)  View: HTML | PDF

Field analysis of harmonic generation in thin-film integrated optics

J. Opt. Soc. Am. 69(8), 1166-1171 (1979)  View: HTML | PDF

Coherent optical compensation of post-detection spatial distortion

J. Opt. Soc. Am. 69(8), 1172-1177 (1979)  View: HTML | PDF

Unusual solar halo complex

J. Opt. Soc. Am. 69(8), 1178-1178 (1979)  View: HTML | PDF

Twilight sky colors: Observations and the status of modeling

J. Opt. Soc. Am. 69(8), 1179-1180 (1979)  View: HTML | PDF

Skylab-Earth laser-beacon experiment: results and analysis

J. Opt. Soc. Am. 69(8), 1180-1183 (1979)  View: HTML | PDF

Chromaticity diagram showing cone excitation by stimuli of equal luminance

J. Opt. Soc. Am. 69(8), 1183-1186 (1979)  View: HTML | PDF | EPUB

Comment on absorption of focused light by spherical plasmas

J. Opt. Soc. Am. 69(8), 1186-1187 (1979)  View: HTML | PDF

Book Reviews

J. Opt. Soc. Am. 69(8), 1188-1188 (1979)  View: HTML | PDF

Biographical Notes

J. Opt. Soc. Am. 69(8), 1189-1189 (1979)  View: HTML | PDF

Technical Calendar

J. Opt. Soc. Am. 69(8), 1190-1190 (1979)  View: PDF

Color Plates

J. Opt. Soc. Am. 69(8), 1191-1198 (1979)  View: PDF