Raman lidar system for the measurement of water vapor and aerosols in the earth’s atmosphere

Applied Optics

Volumn 31, Issue 16, 1992, Pages 3068-3082

  Whiteman, D N ^a   Melfi, S H ^a   Ferrare, R A ^a,b  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerosols; Lidar; Raman; Water vapor

Indexed keywords

EID: 0010901283     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.31.003068     Document Type: Article

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