Lidar effective multiple-scattering coefficients in cirrus clouds

Applied Optics

Volumn 36, Issue 15, 1997, Pages 3458-3468

  Nicolas, François ^a,b   Bissonnette, Luc R ^b   Flamant, Pierre H ^a  

^a ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

^b DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CANADA VALCARTIER   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cirrus clouds; Lidar; Multiple scattering; Single backscattering approximation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000614379     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.36.003458     Document Type: Article

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