A Study on Polarization Pattern of Full Moonlight Based on the Neutral Points and the Meridian

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In order to provide the theory and experiments for the polarized skylight navigation, the polarization patterns of moonlight were discussed in this paper. The polarization patterns of moonlight were simulated by Matlab based on Rayleigh scattering theory. The polarization patterns of full moonlight were obtained by the full-sky imaging system in clear sky. The neutral point and the meridian contain the distribution characteristics of polarization patterns. Compared the tested results with the theoretical polarization patterns of moonlight, the neutral pointand the meridians of the measured polarization patterns of moonlight were studied. The results showed that the tested polarization patterns of moonlight were in agreement with the theoretical polarization patterns basically.

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