Wind speed dependence of atmospheric boundary layer optical properties and ocean surface reflectance as observed by airborne backscatter lidar

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 103, Issue C11, 1998, Pages 25137-25158

  Flamant, Cyrille ^a   Trouillet, Vincent ^a   Chazette, Patrick ^b,c   Pelon, Jacques ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b INSTITUT PIERRE SIMON LAPLACE   (France)

^c LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE SENSING; BACKSCATTER; BOUNDARY LAYER; LIDAR; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; OPTICAL PROPERTY; REFLECTANCE; SEA SURFACE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; AZORES REGION;

EID: 0008963461     PISSN: 21699275     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98JC02284     Document Type: Article

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