Relative humidity, backscattering ratio and depolarization ratio as derived from Raman Lidar observations

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1179-1185

  Sakai, Tetsu ^a   Shibata, Takashi ^a   Iwasaka, Yasunobu ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 0006947126     PISSN: 00261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj1965.75.6_1179     Document Type: Article

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