Aerosol and cloud backscatter at 1.06, 1.54, and 0.53 μm by airborne hard-target-calibrated Nd: YAG/methane Raman lidar

Applied Optics

Volumn 36, Issue 15, 1997, Pages 3475-3490

  Spinhirne, James D ^a   Chudamani, S ^b   Cavanaugh, John F ^a   Bufton, Jack L ^a  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerosol backscatter; Lidar; Near infrared; Raman cell

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000736702     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.36.003475     Document Type: Article

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