Polarization lidar returns from aerosols and thin clouds: A framework for the analysis

Applied Optics

Volumn 37, Issue 24, 1998, Pages 5505-5508

  Gobbi, Gian Paolo ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

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EID: 0001163198     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.37.005505     Document Type: Article

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