Measurement of the lidar ratio for atmospheric aerosols with a 180° backscatter nephelometer

Applied Optics

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1823-1832

  Doherty, Sarah J ^a,b   Anderson, Theodore L ^a,c   Charlson, Robert J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Department of Atmospheric Sciences ^*  (Japan)

^c Joint Institute for the Study of the Atmosphere and Oceans   (United States)

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EID: 0000196834     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.38.001823     Document Type: Article

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